7-letter words containing l, e, a
- almemar — (in Ashkenazic usage) the raised platform in a synagogue on which the reading desk stands
- almeria — a port in S Spain. Pop: 176 727 (2003 est)
- almique — a West African tree, Manilkara albescens, of the sapodilla family.
- almoner — In Britain, an almoner is a social worker who works in a hospital.
- almuces — Plural form of almuce.
- alnager — an inspector of the quality and measurement of woollen cloth
- alonely — in a solitary, or lonely, manner
- alotted — Alternative form of allotted Simple past tense and past participle of allot.
- alpheus — a river god, lover of the nymph Arethusa. She changed into a spring to evade him, but he changed into a river and mingled with her
- alpines — Plural form of alpine.
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- alsoone — as soon
- alt key — either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.
- altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- alterer — someone or something that alters
- alterne — a neighbouring but different plant group
- altesse — a white grape variety from Savoy, France
- altezza — highness
- altgeld — John Peter, 1847–1902, U.S. politician, born in Germany: governor of Illinois 1892–96: made controversial decision to pardon those convicted in Haymarket Riot.
- althaea — any Eurasian plant of the malvaceous genus Althaea, such as the hollyhock, having tall spikes of showy white, yellow, or red flowers
- altmode — alt
- altname — An alternative name.
- alumane — (inorganic compound) The compound aluminium hydride, AlH3.
- alumnae — a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alunite — a white, grey, or reddish mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium sulphate. It occurs in volcanic igneous rocks and is a source of potassium and aluminium compounds. Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
- alvarez — Luis Walter. 1911–88, US physicist. He made (with Felix Bloch) the first measurement of the neutron's magnetic moment (1939). Nobel prize for physics 1968
- alveary — a beehive
- alveola — a small cavity, cell, or pit on the surface of an organ.
- alveole — alveolus
- alveoli — a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
- amabile — sweet or lovely
- amental — catkin-bearing
- ameslan — American sign language: a language in which meaning is conveyed by hand gestures and their position in relation to the upper part of the body
- amiable — Someone who is amiable is friendly and pleasant to be with.
- ampelos — a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.
- amplest — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- ampoule — An ampoule is a small container, usually made of glass, that contains a drug which will be injected into someone. The abbreviation amp is also used.
- ampules — Plural form of ampule.
- amulets — Plural form of amulet.
- amyelia — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amylase — any of several enzymes that hydrolyse starch and glycogen to simple sugars, such as glucose. They are present in saliva
- amylate — (organic chemistry) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
- amylene — any of several liquid isomeric hydrocarbons having the formula C5H10; pentene
- amylose — the minor component (about 20 per cent) of starch, consisting of long unbranched chains of glucose units. It is soluble in water and gives an intense blue colour with iodine
- analize — Misspelling of analyze.
- analyse — If you analyse something, you consider it carefully or use statistical methods in order to fully understand it.
- analyte — a substance or sample being analysed
- analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
- anelace — a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
- angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).