7-letter words containing a, l, n
- ashland — a city in NE Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- askelon — Ashqelon
- atingle — quivering with delight or elation
- atitlan — Lake, a crater lake in SW Guatemala, 4700 feet (1433 meters) above sea level. About 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- atlanta — a city in N Georgia: the state capital. Pop: 423 019 (2003 est)
- aubanel — Théodore [tey-aw-dawr] /teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1829–86, French poet.
- avellan — of or relating to hazelnuts
- avernal — a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile-smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it.
- awnless — Without awns or beard.
- azilian — a Palaeolithic culture of Spain and SW France that can be dated to the 10th millennium bc, characterized by flat bone harpoons and schematically painted pebbles
- azulene — (organic compound, uncountable) A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a five- and a seven-membered fused ring; it is a blue, oily liquid first obtained from the essential oil of wormwood.
- babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
- badland — Alternative form of badlands.
- baghlan — a province in N Afghanistan.
- bagnold — Enid (Algerine). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
- bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- bairnly — childish, childlike, young
- balafon — A large xylophone having hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music.
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- balanda — (Australian Aboriginal, Arnhem Land) a white person, a European.
- balaton — Lakelake in W Hungary: largest lake in central Europe: c. 230 sq mi (596 sq km)
- balcony — A balcony is a platform on the outside of a building, above ground level, with a wall or railing around it.
- balding — Someone who is balding is beginning to lose the hair on the top of their head.
- baldwin — James Arthur. 1924–87, US Black writer, whose works include the novel Go Tell it on the Mountain (1954)
- balkans — countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, & the European part of Turkey) & Romania
- balking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- ballant — a ballad
- balling — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- ballons — Plural form of ballon.
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- ballpen — Alternative form of ball pen.
- ballwin — a town in E Missouri.
- balmain — Pierre Alexandre (pjɛr alɛksɑ̃drə). 1914–82, French couturier
- balming — Present participle of balm.
- balmung — (in the Nibelungenlied) Siegfried's sword
- balneal — of or relating to baths or bathing
- baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
- ban-lon — a smooth synthetic knitted fabric that resists wrinkling
- banally — devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
- bandlet — annulet (def 1).
- bandrol — Alternative form of banderole.
- baneful — destructive, poisonous, or fatal
- bangled — a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.
- bangles — Plural form of bangle.
- banilla — (attributive) A combination of banana and vanilla.
- barline — A vertical line in musical notation indicating the start of a new bar.
- barnaul — a city in S Russia, on the River Ob. Pop: 605 000 (2005 est)
- barnlot — barnyard.
- basilan — a group of islands in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao
- basinal — pertaining to a basin