14-letter words containing ala
- malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- marmalade plum — sapote.
- marmalade tree — sapote (def 1).
- mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
- non-appealable — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
- occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
- palaeoclimatic — relating to the climate of a prehistoric age
- palaeoecologic — relating to palaeoecology
- palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
- palatalization — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- salade niçoise — a cold dish consisting of hard-boiled eggs, anchovy fillets, olives, tomatoes, tuna fish, etc
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- scalar product — inner product (def 1).
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- supralapsarian — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
- talaud islands — a group of islands in NE Indonesia. 495 sq. mi. (1281 sq. km).
- thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- the palaeocene — the Palaeocene epoch or rock series
- the palaeogene — the Palaeogene period or system
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- the palatinate — either of two territories in SW Germany, once ruled by the counts palatine. Upper Palatinate is now in Bavaria; Lower or Rhine Palatinate is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse
- unpalatability — the quality or state of being unpalatable
- zero balancing — a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient's skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being