6-letter words containing l, a
- alarum — an alarm, esp a call to arms
- alaska — the largest state of the US, in the extreme northwest of North America: the aboriginal inhabitants are Inuit and Yupik; the earliest White settlements were made by the Russians; it was purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. It is mostly mountainous and volcanic, rising over 6000 m (20 000 ft), with the Yukon basin in the central region; large areas are covered by tundra; it has important mineral resources (chiefly coal, oil, and natural gas). Capital: Juneau. Pop: 648 818 (2003 est). Area: 1 530 694 sq km (591 004 sq miles)
- alated — having wings; winged.
- albano — Lake, a crater lake in C Italy, SE of Rome.
- albany — a city in E New York State, on the Hudson River: the state capital. Pop: 93 919 (2003 est)
- albata — a variety of German silver consisting of nickel, copper, and zinc
- albedo — the ratio of the intensity of light reflected from an object, such as a planet, to that of the light it receives from the sun
- albeit — You use albeit to introduce a fact or comment which reduces the force or significance of what you have just said.
- albers — Josef. 1888–1976, US painter, designer, and poet, born in Germany. His works include a series of abstract paintings entitled Homage to the Square
- albert — a kind of watch chain usually attached to a waistcoat
- albiet — Misspelling of albeit.
- albino — An albino is a person or animal with very white skin, white hair, and pink eyes.
- albion — Britain or England
- albite — a colourless, milky-white, yellow, pink, green, or black mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found in igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: sodium aluminium silicate. Formula: NaALSi3O8. Crystal structure: triclinic
- alboin — died 573 ad, king of the Lombards (565–73); conqueror of N Italy
- alborg — seaport in N Jutland, Denmark: pop. 159,000
- albugo — a disease of the eye in which a white opacity forms on the cornea
- albums — Plural form of album.
- alcade — a mayor having judicial powers.
- alcaic — of or relating to a metre used by the 7th-century bc Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, consisting of a strophe of four lines each with four feet
- alcamo — a city in NW Sicily, Italy, near the site of the ancient Greek settlement of Segesta.
- alcids — Plural form of alcid.
- alcman — 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet
- alcock — Sir John William. 1892–1919, English aviator who with A.W. Brown made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic (1919)
- alcool — a form of pure grain spirit distilled in Quebec
- alcott — Louisa May. 1832–88, US novelist, noted for her children's books, esp Little Women (1869)
- alcove — An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.
- alcuin — 735–804 ad, English scholar and theologian; friend and adviser of Charlemagne
- alcyon — Alternative form of halcyon.
- aldern — made of alder wood
- alders — Plural form of alder.
- aldine — relating to Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), Italian printer, or to his editions of the classics
- aldisp — Applicative Language for Digital Signal Processing
- aldiss — Brian W(ilson). born 1925, British novelist, best known for his science fiction. His works include Non-Stop (1958), Enemies of the System (1978), The Helliconia Trilogy (1983–86), Forgotten Life (1988), and The Detached Retina (1995)
- aldols — Plural form of aldol.
- aldose — a sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is a hemiacetal
- aldrin — a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
- alecto — one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone
- alegar — malt vinegar
- alegge — to alleviate or lighten (a grief or burden)
- aleman — Mateo (maˈteo). 1547–?1614, Spanish novelist, author of the picaresque novel Guzmán de Alfarache (1599)
- alephs — Plural form of aleph.
- aleppo — an ancient city in NW Syria: industrial and commercial centre; scene of heavy fighting from 2012 between various rebel forces and army units loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Pop: 2 505 000 (2005 est)
- alerce — the wood of the sandarac tree
- alerts — Plural form of alert.
- alesia — an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- aletes — a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alette — (in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- alevin — a young fish, esp a young salmon or trout
- alexia — a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by impaired ability to read