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7-letter words containing a

  • alloyed — a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
  • allport — Gordon W(illard) 1897–1967, U.S. psychologist and educator.
  • allseed — any of several plants that produce many seeds, such as knotgrass
  • allston — Washington. 1779–1843, US painter and author, regarded as the earliest US Romantic painter. His paintings include Elijah in the Desert (1818) and Moonlit Landscape (1819)
  • alluded — to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually followed by to): He often alluded to his poverty.
  • alludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allude.
  • allured — to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
  • allurer — One who is alluring.
  • allures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allure.
  • alluvia — a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
  • allways — Misspelling of always.
  • allwork — Domestic or other work of all kinds.
  • allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
  • allylic — characteristic of or involving an allyl
  • almaden — a town in S Spain: rich cinnabar mines, worked since Roman times. Pop: 6659 (2003 est)
  • almanac — An almanac is a book published every year which contains information about the movements of the planets, the changes of the moon and the tides, and the dates of important anniversaries.
  • almeida — Francisco de [frahn-seesh-koo duh] /frɑ̃ˈsiʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.
  • almemar — (in Ashkenazic usage) the raised platform in a synagogue on which the reading desk stands
  • almeria — a port in S Spain. Pop: 176 727 (2003 est)
  • almight — (obsolete) almighty.
  • almique — a West African tree, Manilkara albescens, of the sapodilla family.
  • almirah — a large Indian cupboard or cabinet, often of carved wood
  • almohad — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.
  • almonds — Plural form of almond.
  • almondy — containing or resembling almond
  • almoner — In Britain, an almoner is a social worker who works in a hospital.
  • almonry — the house of an almoner, usually the place where alms were given
  • almsman — a person who gives or receives alms
  • almuces — Plural form of almuce.
  • alnager — an inspector of the quality and measurement of woollen cloth
  • alodial — free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.
  • alodium — allodium
  • alonely — in a solitary, or lonely, manner
  • alongst — along
  • aloofly — at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
  • alotted — Alternative form of allotted Simple past tense and past participle of allot.
  • alpacas — Plural form of alpaca.
  • alphard — (language)   (Named after the brightest star in Hydra) A Pascal-like language developed by Wulf, Shaw and London of CMU in 1974. Alphard supports data abstraction using the 'form', which combines a specification and an implementation.
  • alpheus — a river god, lover of the nymph Arethusa. She changed into a spring to evade him, but he changed into a river and mingled with her
  • alphorn — a wind instrument used in the Swiss Alps, consisting of a very long tube of wood or bark with a cornet-like mouthpiece
  • alpines — Plural form of alpine.
  • already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
  • alright — all right
  • alsatia — an area around Whitefriars, London, in the 17th century, which was a sanctuary for criminals and debtors
  • alsoone — as soon
  • alt bit — meta bit
  • alt key — either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.
  • altdorf — a town in central Switzerland, capital of Uri canton: setting of the William Tell legend. Pop: 8541 (2000)
  • altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
  • alterer — someone or something that alters
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