8-letter words containing l, a, e
- allative — the grammatical case, or a word used in the case, that in certain languages denotes movement towards something
- allecret — a half suit of light plate armor.
- alledged — Simple past tense and past participle of alledge.
- alledges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alledge.
- allegate — To make an allegation.
- alleging — to assert without proof.
- allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- allegros — Plural form of allegro.
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- alleluia — Alleluia means the same as hallelujah.
- allemand — Misspelling of allemande.
- alleppey — a port in S India, in Kerala on the Malabar Coast. Pop: 177 079 (2001)
- allergen — An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in someone.
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- alleycat — a homeless cat that roams in back streets
- alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
- allheals — Plural form of allheal.
- alliable — having the ability to form a compact or association
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- alligate — to connect or join (a thing) to something else
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- allocher — any of the variant forms of a chereme.
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- allomone — a chemical substance secreted externally by certain animals, such as insects, affecting the behaviour or physiology of another species detrimentally
- allosome — A sex chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome in form, size, or behaviour.
- allotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- allottee — a person to whom something is allotted
- allotter — a person who allots
- allotype — an additional type specimen selected because of differences from the original type specimen, such as opposite sex or morphological details
- allow me — Some people say 'Allow me' as a polite way of offering to do something for someone.
- allozyme — any one of a number of different structural forms of the same enzyme coded for by a different allele
- allspice — Allspice is a powder used as a spice in cooking, which is made from the berries of a tropical American tree.
- allusive — Allusive speech, writing, or art is full of indirect references to people or things.
- almagest — a work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue
- almemars — bimah.
- almohade — a member of a group of puritanical Muslims, originally Berbers, who arose in S Morocco in the 12th century as a reaction against the corrupt Almoravides and who ruled Spain and all Maghrib from about 1147 to after 1213
- alopecia — loss of hair, esp on the head; baldness
- alopecic — bald
- alouette — French. a lark.
- alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- alphette — (rare) an alpha female; a confident, self-assured woman.
- alphonse — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.
- alpinely — In an alpine way, loftily.
- alreadie — Obsolete spelling of already.
- altadena — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- altarage — the donations made at an altar
- altepetl — A Nahua community; a pueblo.
- alterant — that which alters the state of something
- alterers — Plural form of alterer.
- altering — 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.