5-letter words containing al
- palau — country consisting of a group of islands in the W Pacific Ocean: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the island group became an independent republic in 1994: 630 sq mi (1,632 sq km); pop. 15,000; cap. Koror
- palay — a widely cultivated tropical vine
- pale- — paleo-
- palea — a chafflike scale or bract.
- paled — 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.
- paler — 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.
- pales — 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.
- paley — Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- palki — a palanquin; sedan chair.
- palla — a voluminous square of cloth draped around the body as a mantle or wrap, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- palls — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- pally — friendly; comradely: old friends being pally at a class reunion.
- palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- palme — (Sven) Olof (Joachim) [sven oo-lawf yoo-ah-kim] /svɛn ˈu lɔf ˈyu ɑ kɪm/ (Show IPA), 1927–86, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1969–76, 1982–86; assassinated.
- palmy — glorious, prosperous, or flourishing: the palmy days of yesteryear.
- palos — a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palpi — plural of palpus.
- palsa — a mound of earth pushed up by or formed near the edge of a glacier, found in alpine and arctic areas.
- palsy — any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- papal — of or relating to the pope or the papacy: a papal visit to Canada.
- peale — Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- pedal — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- penal — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- petal — one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- pfalz — German name of The Palatinate.
- phial — vial.
- pibal — the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds by theodolitic tracking of a pilot balloon.
- pical — of or relating to pica
- pipal — a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- pocal — PETRA Operator's CommAnd Language.
- podal — relating to feet
- pokal — a large German standing cup of silver, glass, or other material.
- poral — of or relating to pores
- prial — (in cards) a pair-royal
- psalm — a sacred song or hymn.
- pupal — an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- pygal — the rear part or a turtle or tortoise
- pyral — relating to a pyre
- quale — a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- quals — Plural form of qual.
- rabal — the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- rales — an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall. — rallentando
- rally — to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
- ralph — to vomit.
- ramal — of or relating to a ramus.
- ratal — the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- realm — a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England.
- realo — a member of the German Green Party who has moderate views