6-letter words containing a, l, n
- alonso — Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- alpeen — a cudgel
- alpena — a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
- alston — a male given name.
- altern — alternate
- altman — Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)
- altona — a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- altran — (language) A Fortran extension for rational algebra developed by W.S. Brown of Bell Labs ca. 1968.
- alumna — a female graduate of a school, college, etc
- alumni — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alvine — of or relating to the intestines or belly
- alyson — a female given name, form of Alice.
- amylin — (carbohydrate) The dextrin of starch.
- anally — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- analog — Analog technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage.
- anatol — a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anchal — Lb Nepal any administrative zone of Nepal.
- ancile — a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend
- anelli — pasta shaped like small rings
- angela — a feminine name: dim. Angie; var. Angelica, Angelina, Angeline
- angell — Sir Norman, real name Ralph Norman Angell Lane. 1874–1967, English writer, pacifist, and economist, noted for his work on the economic futility of war, The Great Illusion (1910): Nobel peace prize 1933
- angelo — a male given name.
- angels — a male or female given name.
- angled — set at an angle
- angler — An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.
- angles — Plural form of angle.
- anglia — England
- anglic — the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- anglo- — Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with relations between Britain and another country.
- anglos — Plural form of anglo.
- angola — a republic in SW Africa, on the Atlantic: includes the enclave of Cabinda, north of the River Congo; a Portuguese possession from 1575 until its independence in 1975; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991; factional violence. It consists of a narrow coastal plain with a large fertile plateau in the east. Currency: kwanza. Religion: Christian majority. Capital: Luanda. Pop: 18 565 269 (2013 est). Area: 1 246 693 sq km (481 351 sq miles)
- anhalt — a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990
- anilin — aniline
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- ankled — (in combination) Having some specific type of ankle.
- ankles — Plural form of ankle.
- anklet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
- anlage — the basis of a later development; foundation
- anlaut — initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- annals — If something is in the annals of a nation or field of activity, it is recorded as part of its history.
- anneal — to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment
- annual — Annual events happen once every year.
- annuli — a ring; a ringlike part, band, or space.
- annuls — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- anodal — Relating to the anode.
- anoles — Plural form of anole.
- anomal — (archaic) Something anomalous, especially an irregular word in a language.
- anselm — Saint. 1033–1109, Italian Benedictine monk; archbishop of Canterbury (1093–1109): one of the founders of scholasticism; author of Cur Deus Homo? (Why did God become Man?). Feast day: Aug 21