9-letter words containing l, a
- aventaile — avantail
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avian flu — Avian flu is a serious illness that can be transmitted to people from chickens, ducks, and other birds.
- avifaunal — Of or pertaining to avifauna.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- avolition — Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy.
- avon lake — a town in N Ohio.
- avuncular — An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger.
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- away goal — a goal scored by a team playing away from its home ground. Away goals count for more than home goals in certain competitions
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- awfulness — The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- awkwardly — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- awl snail — any tiny, usually white land snail of the family Subulinidae, some introduced species being pests of hothouse flowers.
- axolemmas — Plural form of axolemma.
- ayatollah — An ayatollah is a type of Muslim religious leader.
- aydelotte — Frank, 1880–1956, U.S. educator.
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- azimuthal — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- baal kore — an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the Torah.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- baby bell — one of the seven regional telephone companies formed after the breakup of the Bell system in 1983.
- baby blue — a very light blue.
- baby doll — a doll that looks like a baby
- baby girl — a female baby
- baby milk — a powder made from dried cows' milk, or other ingredients, mixed with water to feed babies
- baby talk — Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies.
- baby-blue — in a pastel shade of blue
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- babylonia — the southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia: a great empire from about 2200–538 bc, when it was conquered by the Persians
- bacchanal — a follower of Bacchus
- bacchical — Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- bachelour — Obsolete form of bachelor.
- bacillary — of, relating to, or caused by bacilli
- back link — (hypertext) A link in one direction implied by the existence of an explicit link in the other direction.
- back talk — If you refer to something that someone says as backtalk, you mean that it is rude or shows a lack of respect. You use backtalk especially to refer to things said by a child or by someone who is below you in rank or status.
- back-heel — to strike the ball with one's heel and make it go behind one
- back-load — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- back-talk — an impudent response; impudence.
- backblast — A dangerous blast of hot air behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.
- backblock — (Australia, New Zealand, usually, in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.
- backcloth — A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.