5-letter words containing al
- alyce — a female given name.
- anals — Plural form of anal.
- annal — the recorded events of one year
- appal — If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
- areal — any particular extent of space or surface; part: the dark areas in the painting; the dusty area of the room.
- argal — argol
- artal — rotl
- arval — relating to land that is ploughed
- attal — Alternative form of ettle.
- aural — Aural means related to the sense of hearing. Compare acoustic.
- avale — (transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.
- axial — relating to, forming, or characteristic of an axis
- balak — a Moabite king who sent for Balaam to come and curse the Israelites. Num. 22–23.
- balao — a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- balas — a red variety of spinel, used as a gemstone
- balbo — Italo (ˈitalo). 1896–1940, Italian Fascist politician and airman: minister of aviation (1929–33)
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- baldy — People sometimes refer to a bald person as a baldy, especially if they are talking about them or to them in a friendly or humorous way. Some people might find this offensive.
- baled — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baler — an agricultural machine for making bales of hay, etc
- bales — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- balkh — a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
- balks — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- balky — Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
- balla — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- balls — If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage.
- bally — a thumb
- balms — Plural form of balm.
- balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
- balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- baloo — a lullaby
- balop — Also called balop card. a photographic print made on smooth, matte, double-weight paper, used especially in television advertisements.
- balot — Alternative form of balut.
- balpa — British Airline Pilots' Association
- balsa — Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree.
- balti — A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.
- balun — a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
- balut — Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell.
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- basal — Basal means relating to or forming the base of something.
- beale — Dorothea. 1831–1906, British schoolmistress, a champion of women's education and suffrage. As principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College (1858–1906) she introduced important reforms
- befal — (obsolete) befall.
- bialy — (in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine) a type of bagel
- binal — twofold; double
- boral — the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium
- bubal — any of various antelopes, esp an extinct N African variety of hartebeest
- cabal — a secret or exclusive set of people; clique
- cajal — Santiago Ramon y. 1852–1934, Spanish histologist, a pioneer of modern neurophysiology: shared the Nobel prize for medicine 1906
- calah — Biblical name of Kalakh.
- calas — Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.