10-letter words containing al
- alprazolam — a potent benzodiazepine, C 17 H 13 CIN 4 , used in the treatment of certain anxiety states.
- alta vista — (web) A website provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. AltaVista is currently (June 1996) the largest Web index, with 30 million pages from 225,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 Usenet news groups. It is accessed over 12 million times per weekday.
- altar call — an evangelist preacher's invitation at the end of the sermon, asking people to come forward to acknowledge a conversion.
- altar card — one of three cards having certain portions of the Mass printed on them, placed upright on the altar to assist the memory of the celebrant.
- altar girl — a female altar server.
- altar rail — a rail around or in front of the altar table in church, often cushioned on top, at which worshippers kneel to take communion or vows
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- altarpiece — An altarpiece is a work of art behind the altar in a church.
- altazimuth — an instrument for measuring the altitude and azimuth of a celestial body by the horizontal and vertical rotation of a telescope
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altimetric — Of or pertaining to altimetry.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altitonant — sounding loudly from high above
- alto flute — a large flute pitched a perfect fourth lower than an ordinary flute.
- altocumuli — Plural form of altocumulus.
- altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
- altophobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
- altostrati — Plural form of altostratus.
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- aluminized — Simple past tense and past participle of aluminize.
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- alveolarly — in an alveolar manner
- alveolitis — an inflammation of the alveoli, occurring either in the lungs or in the socket of a tooth
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
- amazeballs — an expression of enthusiastic approval
- ambisexual — relating to or affecting both the male and female sexes
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ambulacral — one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.
- amensalism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other and are unaffected themselves.
- ammoniacal — of, containing, using, or resembling ammonia
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- amygdalate — relating to, having, or bearing almonds
- amygdaline — of or relating to a tonsil
- amygdaloid — a volcanic igneous rock containing amygdales
- anagogical — of or relating to an anagoge.
- anal canal — the terminal part of the rectum forming the passage to the anus
- anal phase — Psychoanalysis. the second stage of psychosexual development during which the child, usually at two years of age, becomes preoccupied with defecation.
- analeptics — Plural form of analeptic.