6-letter words containing l, a
- atokal — characterized by being non-sexual or creating offspring that are not sexual
- atolls — Plural form of atoll.
- atonal — Atonal music is music that is not written or played in any key or system of scales.
- atrial — Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- attila — ?406–453 ad, king of the Huns, who devastated much of the Roman Empire, invaded Gaul in 451 ad, but was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths at Châlons-sur-Marne
- attlee — Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee. 1883–1967, British statesman; prime minister (1945–51); leader of the Labour party (1935–55). His government instituted the welfare state, with extensive nationalization
- atweel — surely.
- au vol — a cry used to encourage a hawk to fly.
- audial — of or relating to sound and the sense of hearing
- audile — a person who possesses a faculty for auditory imagery that is more distinct than his visual or other imagery
- auklet — any of various small auks of the genera Aethia and Ptychoramphus
- aulard — François Victor Alphonse [frahn-swa veek-tawr al-fawns] /frɑ̃ˈswa vikˈtɔr alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1849–1928, French historian.
- aulder — old.
- auntly — of or like an aunt
- auriol — Vincent (vɛ̃sɑ̃). 1884–1966, French statesman; president of the Fourth Republic (1947–54)
- avails — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- avalon — an island paradise in the western seas: in Arthurian legend it is where King Arthur was taken after he was mortally wounded
- averil — a male given name.
- avidly — showing great enthusiasm for or interest in: an avid moviegoer. Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, keen; devoted, dedicated; zealous, fanatic. Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic; reluctant.
- aviles — a port in Asturias, NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- avital — relating to a grandfather or ancestor
- avlona — former name of Vlorë.
- avowal — open acknowledgment or declaration
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
- aweful — Misspelling of awful.
- awfull — Archaic form of awful.
- awheel — on wheels
- awhile — Awhile means for a short time. It is more commonly spelled 'a while', which is considered more correct, especially in British English.
- awhirl — in a whirling, confused state
- awless — displaying no awe; unawed.
- axilla — the area on the undersurface of a bird's wing corresponding to the armpit
- axonal — Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- azalea — An azalea is a woody plant with shiny, dark-green leaves which produces many brightly-coloured flowers in the spring.
- azalia — Archaic form of azalea.
- azazel — a desert demon to whom the scapegoat bearing the sins of Israel was sent out once a year on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:1–28)
- azoles — Plural form of azole.
- azolla — a genus of fern growing in tropical waters
- azonal — not divided into zones
- azrael — (in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at death
- azuela — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1952, Mexican physician and novelist.
- b-ball — basketball
- baalim — any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- babbly — babbling; chatty; talkative
- bablah — the rind of the fruit of several varieties of acacia, containing tannin and therefore used as a dye
- babool — Alternative form of babul.
- bacall — Lauren (Betty Joan Perske) 1924–2014, U.S. actress.
- badley — Misspelling of badly.
- baetyl — a meteoric stone thought in antiquity to be of divine origin, and sometimes worshipped
- baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.