5-letter words containing a, l, i
- libra — the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- libya — Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
- lidar — a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- lidia — (in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- lifar — Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lifia — Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle.
- ligan — lagan.
- lilac — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- liman — a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limax — a slug
- limba — an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- limma — any of several musical intervals of small size, such as a semitone
- limpa — a rye bread made using brown sugar or molasses
- linac — linear accelerator.
- linda — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- linea — a seaport in S Spain, near Gibraltar.
- linga — Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- lipan — a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- litai — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- litas — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liwan — iwan.
- logia — a plural of logion.
- loria — Laboratoire lorrain de recherche en informatique et ses applications
- lucia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- luria — Salvador Edward, 1912–91, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.
- lycia — an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lydia — an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor.
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maill — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mail.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- malai — In Indian cooking, cream.
- malic — pertaining to or derived from apples.
- malik — Adam, 1917–84, Indonesian politician and diplomat.
- malis — Plural form of mali.
- mamil — middle-aged man in Lycra
- maril — Machine description language used by the Marion code generator.
- miaul — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- milan — an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- milia — a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- milpa — (in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- mitla — the ruins of a Zapotec Indian city near Oaxaca, Mexico, yielding elaborate remains of temples and other artifacts.
- mixal — MIX Assembly Language. The assembly language for Donald Knuth's hypothetical MIX machine.
- mulai — A title for the ruler of Morocco.
- nails — Fasten to a surface or to something else with a nail or nails.
- naily — Full of nails (the fastener).
- nidal — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nilas — Newly frozen sea ice in the form of smooth thin sheet less than 10 centimeters (4 inches) thick.
- nilla — Short form of vanilla.
- nival — of or growing in snow: nival flora.