9-letter words containing a, l
- amygdalin — a white soluble bitter-tasting crystalline glycoside extracted from bitter almonds and stone fruits such as peaches and apricots. Formula: C6H5CHCNOC12H21O10
- amygdules — Plural form of amygdule.
- amyloidal — resembling an amyloid; starch-like
- amylopsin — an enzyme of the pancreatic juice that converts starch into sugar; pancreatic amylase
- anabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are synthesized from simpler ones with the storage of energy; constructive metabolism
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anaclinal — (of valleys and similar formations) progressing in a direction opposite to the dip of the surrounding rock strata
- anaclisis — the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
- anaclitic — of or relating to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on others or another
- anaglyphs — Plural form of anaglyph.
- anaglypta — a type of thick embossed wallpaper
- anal vein — one of several veins in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
- analagous — Misspelling of analogous, common other spelling.
- analcimic — characterized by the presence of analcite
- analemmas — Plural form of analemma.
- analepsis — A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- analgesia — inability to feel pain
- analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
- analgetic — a painkilling drug
- analities — Plural form of anality.
- analogies — A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- analogion — a lectern.
- analogise — to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.
- analogism — an argument or reason based on analogy
- analogist — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analogize — to make use of analogy, as in argument; draw comparisons
- analogous — If one thing is analogous to another, the two things are similar in some way.
- analogues — Plural form of analogue.
- analysand — any person who is undergoing psychoanalysis
- analysing — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analytics — the part of logic having to do with analyzing
- analyzers — Plural form of analyzer.
- analyzing — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- anaphoral — relating to the prayer of oblation and consecration performed during Holy Communion
- anaplasia — reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler less differentiated form
- anaplasic — Of or pertaining to anaplasia.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- anarchial — characterized by anarchy or political confusion
- anatolian — of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchylose — ankylose
- anciently — in ancient times
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- ancipital — flattened and having two edges
- andalusia — a region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with the Sierra Morena in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the southeast, and the Guadalquivir River flowing over fertile lands between them; a centre of Moorish civilization; it became an autonomous region in 1981. Area: about 87 280 sq km (33 700 sq miles)
- andouille — a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- andrology — the branch of medicine concerned with diseases in men, esp of the reproductive organs