8-letter words containing a, l
- adlerian — of or relating to Alfred Adler or his ideas
- adlibbed — to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
- admirals — Plural form of admiral.
- adorable — If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them.
- adorably — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
- adrenals — Plural form of adrenal.
- adroitly — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adularia — a white or colourless glassy variety of orthoclase in the form of prismatic crystals. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is a minor gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- adumbral — shadowy
- aecidial — relating to or resembling an aecidium
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aequalis — (grammar) The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to
- aerially — in an aerial manner
- aerofoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aerology — the study of the atmosphere, particularly its upper layers
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aestival — of or occurring in summer
- afebrile — without fever
- affinely — In an affine manner.
- affixial — relating to an affix
- afflated — resulting from influence of someone or something
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- affluent — If you are affluent, you have a lot of money.
- affluxes — Plural form of afflux.
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- afterall — Misspelling of after all.
- agalloch — the fragrant, resinous wood of an East Indian tree, Aquilaria agallocha, of the mezereum family, used as incense in Asia.
- agalwood — a soft, resinous wood of the Asain tree Aquilaria malaccensis, known for its aromatic qualities, and used in incense
- agartala — a city in NE India, capital of the state of Tripura. Pop: 189 327 (2001)
- agential — pertaining to an agent or agency.
- agitable — easily agitated or moved
- aglimmer — glimmering
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- aglitter — sparkling; glittering
- aglossia — congenital absence of the tongue
- aglycone — a chemical compound
- agreable — Obsolete spelling of agreeable.
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
- agrology — the scientific study of soils and their potential productivity
- aguelike — as if suffering from fever