9-letter words containing s, a, l
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- always-on — remaining available at all times
- amaryllis — an amaryllidaceous plant, Amaryllis belladonna, native to southern Africa and having large lily-like reddish or white flowers
- amassable — of a nature that can be amassed
- ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
- ambrosial — of or fit for the gods; divine
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- amissible — likely to be lost
- amoralism — the doctrine or attitude that ignores or rejects moral vaues, or deems them to be irrelevant
- amoralist — a person who adheres to the doctrine of amoralism
- amorously — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- amplicons — Plural form of amplicon.
- amplifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amplify.
- amplosome — the short or stocky type of human body shape
- amusingly — pleasantly entertaining or diverting: an amusing speaker.
- amygdules — Plural form of amygdule.
- amylopsin — an enzyme of the pancreatic juice that converts starch into sugar; pancreatic amylase
- anabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are synthesized from simpler ones with the storage of energy; constructive metabolism
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anaclisis — the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
- anaglyphs — Plural form of anaglyph.
- analagous — Misspelling of analogous, common other spelling.
- analemmas — Plural form of analemma.
- analepsis — A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.
- analgesia — inability to feel pain
- analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
- analities — Plural form of anality.
- analogies — A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- analogise — to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.
- analogism — an argument or reason based on analogy
- analogist — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analogous — If one thing is analogous to another, the two things are similar in some way.
- analogues — Plural form of analogue.
- analysand — any person who is undergoing psychoanalysis
- analysing — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analytics — the part of logic having to do with analyzing
- analyzers — Plural form of analyzer.
- anaplasia — reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler less differentiated form
- anaplasic — Of or pertaining to anaplasia.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchylose — ankylose
- andalusia — a region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with the Sierra Morena in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the southeast, and the Guadalquivir River flowing over fertile lands between them; a centre of Moorish civilization; it became an autonomous region in 1981. Area: about 87 280 sq km (33 700 sq miles)
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angelfish — any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- angerless — showing no sign of anger
- anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4