4-letter words containing al
- nial — Nested Interactive Array Language. A high-level array-oriented language from Queen's University, Canada, based on Array Theory as developed by Trenchard More Jr.
- ocal — On-Line Cryptanalytic Aid Language.
- opal — a female given name.
- oral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- oval — having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
- Özal — Turgut (ˈtɜːɡʊt). 1927–93, Turkish statesman: prime minister of Turkey (1983–89); president (1989–93)
- paal — a stake driven into the ground
- pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pali — the Prakrit language of the Buddhist scriptures.
- pall — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- palm — any of numerous plants of the family Palmae, most species being tall, unbranched trees surmounted by a crown of large pinnate or palmately cleft leaves. Compare palm family.
- palp — a palpus.
- paly — pale.
- peal — a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pial — of or relating to the pia mater.
- qual — (usually, in the plural) Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or prospective grad student) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
- rale — an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- rial — rose noble.
- ryal — rose noble.
- sala — a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sale — the act of selling.
- salk — Jonas E(dward) 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
- salp — any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- salt — See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- seal — a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
- sial — the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- syal — Meera (ˈmɪərə). born 1961, British actress and writer of Punjabi origin, who appeared in the TV comedy series Goodness Gracious Me (1998–2001) and The Kumars at No. 42 (2001–06); her screenplays include Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
- taal — an active volcano in the Philippines, on SW Luzon, on an island in Taal Lake: eruptions 1749, 1873, 1911. 1050 feet (320 meters).
- tala — a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- talc — Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
- tali — the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- teal — any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- twal — the twelve
- udal — a form of freehold possession of land existing in northern Europe before the introduction of the feudal system and still used in Orkney and Shetland
- ural — a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- vaal — a river in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, flowing SW from the Transvaal to the Orange River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- vala — a prophetess.
- vale — a valley.
- vali — a Turkish civil governor
- veal — Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- vial — Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids: a vial of rare perfume; a vial of medicine.
- waal — a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River: the center branch of the lower Rhine. 52 miles (84 km) long.
- wald — George, 1906–97, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1967.
- wale — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- wali — The governor of a province in an Arab country.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.