7-letter words containing o, l
- al-oued — El Oued.
- alagoas — a state in NE Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Maceió. Pop: 2 887 535 (2002). Area: 30 776 sq km (11 031 sq miles)
- alamode — a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century
- alamort — exhausted, half-dead
- alarcon — Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)
- alastor — an avenging spirit or demon
- alation — the state of having wings
- albedos — Plural form of albedo.
- albergo — (in Italy) a corporation of noble families typically formed to enable the success of business ventures
- albinos — Plural form of albino.
- alborak — the white horse that Muhammad rode to heaven.
- 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
- 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.
- alencon — a town in NW France: early lace-manufacturing centre. Pop: 28 935 (1999)
- alerion — an eagle, usually without a beak or feet
- 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
- alfredo — (of food) cooked with a sauce made of cheese, cream, and eggs
- alghero — a seaport in W Sardinia.
- algol c — (language) A variant of ALGOL 60 developed by Clive Feather of Cambridge University ca. 1981. ALGOL C added structures and exception handling. It was designed for beginners and students.
- algol d — (language)
- algol n — (language) A successor to ALGOL 60 proposed by Yoneda.
- algol w — (language) A derivative of ALGOL 60. It introduced double precision, complex numbers, bit strings and dynamic data structures. It is parsed entirely by operator precedence and used the call-by-value-result calling convention.
- algol x — (language) A proposed successor to ALGOL 60, a "short-term solution to existing difficulties". Three designs were proposed, by Wirth, Seegmuller and van Wijngaarden.
- algol y — (language) A proposed successor to ALGOL 60, a "radical reconstruction". Originally a language that could manipulate its own programs at run time, it became a collection of features that were not accepted for ALGOL X.
- alienor — a person who transfers property to another
- aliform — wing-shaped; alar
- aligote — a white grape of Burgundy.
- alimony — Alimony is money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced. Compare palimony.
- aliquot — of, signifying, or relating to an exact divisor of a quantity or number
- alkoran — the Koran
- alkoxyl — The alkoxy radical.
- all for — If you say that you are all for doing something, you agree or strongly believe that it should be done, but you are also often suggesting that other people disagree with you or that there are practical difficulties.
- all one — all the same
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- all too — definitely but regrettably
- all-out — You use all-out to describe actions that are carried out in a very energetic and determined way, using all the resources available.
- allegro — An allegro is a piece of classical music that should be played quickly and in a lively way.
- allison — Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- allobar — any form of an element with a different isotopic composition than that of the naturally occurring form of the element
- allonge — a lunging or thrusting move in fencing
- allonym — a name, often one of historical significance or that of another person, assumed by a person, esp an author
- alloquy — (obsolete) Act of speaking to another; an address.