5-letter words containing l, a
- attal — Alternative form of ettle.
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aulos — an ancient Greek woodwind instrument with a double reed, similar to an oboe
- aumil — a native manager or revenue collector in India
- aural — Aural means related to the sense of hearing. Compare acoustic.
- austl — Australia
- avail — If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
- avale — (transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.
- avila — a city in central Spain: 11th-century granite walls and Romanesque cathedral. Pop: 52 078 (2003 est)
- avile — (obsolete) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
- aweel — oh, well then!
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- axels — Plural form of axel.
- axial — relating to, forming, or characteristic of an axis
- axile — of, relating to, or attached to the axis
- axils — Plural form of axil.
- axled — having an axle
- axles — Plural form of axle.
- ayelp — in a state of yelping
- azlon — a textile fibre made from protein
- azole — an organic five-membered ring compound containing one or more atoms in the ring, the number usually being specified by a prefix
- babel — If there is a babel of voices, you hear a lot of people talking at the same time, so that you cannot understand what they are saying.
- babul — any of several leguminous trees of the genus Acacia, esp A. arabica of N Africa and India, which bear small yellow flowers and are a source of gum arabic, tannin, and hardwood
- badly — If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
- baels — Plural form of bael.
- bagel — A bagel is a ring-shaped bread roll.
- baila — (music) A genre of music from Sri Lanka and India.
- baile — (in the southwestern US and parts of Central and South America) a gathering for dancing.
- bails — Plural form of bail.
- baily — one of the largest craters on the moon, about 293 kilometres in diameter, lying in the SE quadrant
- balak — a Moabite king who sent for Balaam to come and curse the Israelites. Num. 22–23.
- balao — a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- balas — a red variety of spinel, used as a gemstone
- balbo — Italo (ˈitalo). 1896–1940, Italian Fascist politician and airman: minister of aviation (1929–33)
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- baldy — People sometimes refer to a bald person as a baldy, especially if they are talking about them or to them in a friendly or humorous way. Some people might find this offensive.
- baled — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baler — an agricultural machine for making bales of hay, etc
- bales — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- balkh — a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
- balks — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- balky — Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
- balla — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- balls — If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage.
- bally — a thumb
- balms — Plural form of balm.
- balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
- balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.