9-letter words containing l, a, t, r
- aliterate — a person who is able to read but disinclined to do so
- all right — If you say that someone or something is all right, you mean that you find them satisfactory or acceptable.
- all sorts — All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- all-party — composed of or involving members of all of the political parties of a country
- all-right — safe; sound: Are you all right?
- allegator — (obsolete) A person who alleges.
- allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.
- allethrin — a clear viscous amber-coloured liquid used as an insecticide and synergist. Formula: C19H26O3; relative density: 1.005
- alligator — An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allograft — a tissue graft from a donor genetically unrelated to the recipient
- allometry — the study of the growth of part of an organism in relation to the growth of the entire organism
- allopatry — the condition of existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another; esp the condition of genetically similar species which cannot interbreed because of this geographical separation
- allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
- allotrope — any of two or more physical forms in which an element can exist
- allotropy — the existence of an element in two or more physical forms. The most common elements having this property are carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus
- allottery — an allotment or allocation
- alpargata — a sandal
- alphasort — to arrange in alphabetical order
- alt-right — (in the US) a political movement whose supporters hold extreme right-wing views and reject mainstream politics
- altar boy — In the Roman Catholic church, an altar boy is a boy who helps the priest during Mass.
- altarwise — in the position of an altar
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters
- alter ego — Your alter ego is the other side of your personality from the one which people normally see.
- alterable — capable of being altered.
- alterably — In an alterable manner.
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- alternant — alternating
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- althusser — Louis. 1918–90, French Marxist philosopher, author of For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
- altigraph — an instrument that measures altitude and records the measurements graphically
- altimeter — An altimeter is an instrument in an aircraft that shows the height of the aircraft above the ground.
- altimetre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of altimeter.
- altimetry — the science of measuring altitudes, as with an altimeter
- altricial — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) naked, blind, and dependent on the parents for food
- altruists — Plural form of altruist.
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- amatorial — of or relating to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love: amatory poems; an amatory look.
- amberlite — various insoluble cross-linked polymers used in water-treatment processes and in pharmacy
- ambulator — a person who walks
- amoralist — a person who adheres to the doctrine of amoralism
- amorality — not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- 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.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- antiglare — Acting to reduce or combat glare.
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antimoral — Opposing or countering moral behaviour.