6-letter words containing a, l
- clinal — Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clitar — (uncommon, humorous, slang) The clitoris. only used in play the clitar.
- clivia — a plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae
- cloaca — a cavity in the pelvic region of most vertebrates, except higher mammals, and certain invertebrates, into which the alimentary canal and the genital and urinary ducts open
- cloaks — Plural form of cloak.
- cloath — (obsolete) cloth.
- clonal — Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clusia — a tropical tree of the genus Clusia
- clutha — a river in New Zealand, the longest river in South Island; rising in the Southern Alps it flows southeast to the Pacific. Length: 338 km (210 miles)
- coaled — Simple past tense and past participle of coal.
- coaler — a ship, train, etc, used to carry or supply coal
- coales — Obsolete spelling of coals.
- cobalt — Cobalt is a hard silvery-white metal which is used to harden steel and for producing a blue dye.
- coccal — Bacteriology. a spherical bacterium.
- coelia — Alternative form of cœlia.
- coeval — of or belonging to the same age or generation
- coital — Coital means connected with or relating to sexual intercourse.
- colada — piña colada.
- colasl — (mathematics, application) An early system for numerical problems on the IBM 7030. It used a special character set for input of natural mathematical expressions.
- colead — to lead together
- colfax — Schuyler, 1823–85, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1869–73.
- colima — a state of SW Mexico, on the Pacific coast: mainly a coastal plain, rising to the foothills of the Sierra Madre, with important mineral resources. Capital: Colima. Pop: 238 000 (2005 est). Area: 5455 sq km (2106 sq miles)
- collab — a collaboration
- collar — The collar of a shirt or coat is the part which fits round the neck and is usually folded over.
- colmar — a city in NE France: annexed to Germany 1871–1919 and 1940–45; textile industry. Pop: 65 136 (1999)
- coltan — a metallic ore found esp in the E Congo, consisting of columbite and tantalite (a source of the element tantalum)
- copalm — the aromatic brown resin obtained from the sweet gum tree
- copula — A copula is the same as a linking verb.
- corals — Plural form of coral.
- corral — In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
- costal — of or near a rib or the ribs
- cotula — (in prescriptions) a measure.
- cotwal — (in India) a chief police officer
- coucal — any ground-living bird of the genus Centropus, of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, having long strong legs: family Cuculidae (cuckoos)
- coulda — (chiefly, slang) Could have.
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- crawls — Plural form of crawl.
- crawly — feeling or causing a sensation like creatures crawling on one's skin
- credal — of a creed; creedal
- crinal — of or relating to the hair
- crotal — any of various lichens used in dyeing wool, esp for the manufacture of tweeds
- crural — of or relating to the leg or thigh
- culham — a village in S central England, in Oxfordshire: site of the UK centre for thermonuclear reactor research and of the Joint European Torus (JET) programme
- cullay — the soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria)
- cuneal — wedge-shaped; cuneiform
- cupola — A cupola is a roof or part of a roof that is shaped like a dome.
- cupula — a dome-shaped structure, esp the sensory structure within the semicircular canals of the ear
- curial — one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- cursal — of or belonging to a set course or rotation, esp of a canon or prebendary in certain churches
- curtal — cut short