9-letter words containing al
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- browallia — any plant of the Browallia genus of South American flowering plants
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- brutality — Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- buckyball — a ball-like polyhedral carbon molecule of the type found in buckminsterfullerene and other fullerenes
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bull calf — a male calf
- bump ball — a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- cabaletta — a short aria with a repetitive rhythm
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- cadastral — Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- cakewalks — Plural form of cakewalk.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calamanco — a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows on one side only
- calamites — Plural form of calamite.
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calavance — any of several varieties of pulse yielded by plants of the genus Dolichos
- calc-spar — calcite.
- calc-tufa — tufa (def 1).
- calc-tuff — Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like. Compare travertine.
- calcaneal — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcanean — Anatomy. the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
- calcaneum — calcaneus.
- calcaneus — the largest tarsal bone, forming the heel in man
- calcarate — having a calcar
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils