10-letter words containing e, l, a
- allegiance — Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief.
- allegories — Plural form of allegory.
- allegorist — a person who writes allegories
- allegorize — to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
- allegretto — (to be performed) fairly quickly or briskly
- allen park — a city in SE Michigan.
- allenstein — German name of Olsztyn.
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- allergists — Plural form of allergist.
- alleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- alleviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate.
- alleviator — a person or thing that alleviates.
- alley gate — a metal spiked gate erected behind a terrace of houses to deter burglars
- alliaceous — of or relating to Allium, a genus of plants that have a strong onion or garlic smell and often have bulbs: family Alliaceae. The genus occurs in the N hemisphere and includes onion, garlic, leek, chive, and shallot
- allignment — Archaic form of alignment.
- alliterate — to contain or cause to contain alliteration
- allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- allogeneic — being genetically different, while belonging to the same species
- allomerism — similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition
- allomerize — to undergo allomerism.
- allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
- allophones — Plural form of allophone.
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- allotheism — the worship of gods foreign to one's own land or culture
- allotments — Plural form of allotment.
- allotropes — Plural form of allotrope.
- allow-none — (programming) An annotation in GTk documentation indicating that the annotated entity may be null.
- allowables — that may be allowed; legitimate; permissible: an allowable tax deduction.
- allowanced — Simple past tense and past participle of allowance.
- allowances — Plural form of allowance.
- allurement — fascination; charm.
- allusively — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- almetyevsk — a city in the Tatar Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- almshouses — Plural form of almshouse.
- aloes wood — eaglewood
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpha geek — the person in a group or office who has the most knowledge about computer technology
- alpha male — the dominant male animal or person in a group
- alpha wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal and occipital regions of the brain, having frequencies from 8 to 13 hertz: a sign of relaxation, since they indicate a lack of sensory stimulation in a conscious person
- alpha-test — an in-house test of a new or modified piece of computer software
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- alphametic — a mathematical puzzle using letters to express numbers that must be deciphered
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.