7-letter words containing l, a
- albumin — Albumin is a protein that is found in blood plasma, egg white, and some other substances.
- alcaeus — 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs, and political odes
- alcaics — verse written in the Alcaic form
- alcaide — the commander of a fortress or castle
- alcalde — (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town
- alcayde — alcaide.
- alcazar — any of various palaces or fortresses built in Spain by the Moors
- alceste — an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- alchemy — Alchemy was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alcides — Hercules
- alcmene — the mother of Hercules by Zeus who visited her in the guise of her husband, Amphitryon
- alcohol — Drinks that can make people drunk, such as beer, wine, and whisky, can be referred to as alcohol.
- alcopop — an alcoholic drink that tastes like a soft drink
- alcoran — the Koran
- alcorza — a Spanish sweet
- alcoved — having or made as an alcove
- alcoves — Plural form of alcove.
- alcyone — the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher
- aldabra — an island group in the Indian Ocean: part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (1965–76); now administratively part of the Seychelles
- aldaric — Of or pertaining to an aldaric acid or its derivative.
- aldrich — Thomas Bailey1836-1907; U.S. poet & novelist
- aleardi — Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- alebion — a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- alencon — a town in NW France: early lace-manufacturing centre. Pop: 28 935 (1999)
- alength — lengthwise or at length
- aleph 0 — (mathematics) The cardinality of the first infinite ordinal, omega (the number of natural numbers). Aleph 1 is the cardinality of the smallest ordinal whose cardinality is greater than aleph 0, and so on up to aleph omega and beyond. These are all kinds of infinity. The Axiom of Choice (AC) implies that every set can be well-ordered, so every infinite cardinality is an aleph; but in the absence of AC there may be sets that can't be well-ordered (don't posses a bijection with any ordinal) and therefore have cardinality which is not an aleph. These sets don't in some way sit between two alephs; they just float around in an annoying way, and can't be compared to the alephs at all. No ordinal possesses a surjection onto such a set, but it doesn't surject onto any sufficiently large ordinal either.
- alepine — a cloth made either of wool and silk or mohair and cotton
- alerion — an eagle, usually without a beak or feet
- alerted — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- alertly — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- alesund — a port and market town in W Norway, on an island between Bergen and Trondheim: fishing and sealing fleets. Pop: 40 001 (2004 est)
- alethea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “truth.”.
- alethia — the ancient Greek personification of truth.
- alethic — of or relating to such philosophical concepts as truth, necessity, possibility, contingency, etc
- alevins — Plural form of alevin.
- alewife — a North American fish, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, similar to the herring Clupea harengus: family Clupeidae (herrings)
- alexian — a member of a congregation of brothers founded for the care of the sick at Mechlin, Brabant, in the 15th century.
- aleyard — yard-of-ale.
- alfalfa — Alfalfa is a plant that is used for feeding farm animals. The shoots that develop from its seeds are sometimes eaten as a vegetable.
- alfaqui — an expert or teacher in Muslim law
- alferez — (in Spain) a military officer who carries the flag during ceremonies
- alfheim — the domain of elves.
- alfieri — Count Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet, noted for his classical tragedies and political satires
- alfisol — a fertile soil of humid regions that occurs worldwide, especially where native broadleaf forests were established, and is highly productive for agriculture.
- alfonso — 1886–1941, king of Spain 1886–1930.
- alforja — a saddlebag made of leather or canvas
- alfreda — a feminine name
- alfredo — (of food) cooked with a sauce made of cheese, cream, and eggs
- algarve — a coastal region of S Portugal. 1958 sq. mi. (5070 sq. km).