8-letter words containing i, a, l
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- atomical — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- attagirl — an expression of approval
- atypical — Someone or something that is atypical is not typical of its kind.
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- aularian — a student at an English university who belongs to a hall as opposed to a college
- aumildar — a manager or agent.
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- auricula — a widely cultivated alpine primrose, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like a bear's ear
- autodial — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autofill — (computing) Any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- auxiliar — (obsolete) auxiliary.
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- availing — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- aventail — the movable front flap on a helmet
- avicular — of or relating to small birds
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- avulsive — Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
- awfulize — (psychotherapy) To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
- axiality — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
- axilemma — the membrane surrounding the axon of a nerve fiber.
- axillary — of, relating to, or near the armpit
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- axle-pin — a pin that holds an axle in place
- aycliffe — a town in Co Durham: founded as a new town in 1947. Pop (including Newton Aycliffe): 25 655 (2001)
- babbling — inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- babelize — to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.
- baby oil — oil for babies' skin
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- babylike — Resembling a baby, or something associated with a baby.
- bacillar — (biology) Shaped like a rod or staff.
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backfill — to refill an excavated trench, esp (in archaeology) at the end of an investigation
- backflip — a backwards somersault in mid air with arms and legs extended
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
- backlink — An incoming hyperlink from one web page to another website.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.