11-letter words containing ala
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- maladjusted — badly or unsatisfactorily adjusted, especially in relationship to one's social circumstances, environment, etc.
- maladroitly — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malakatoone — a variety of large peach
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malariology — the study of malaria.
- marmalading — Present participle of marmalade.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- mixed salad — a salad consisting of mixed salad vegetables, such as lettuce, tomato, cucumber, etc
- namaqualand — an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia (Great Namaqualand) the other in South Africa (Little Namaqualand) inhabited by the Nama.
- new zealand — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
- non-salable — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- nonchalance — the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness.
- nongalactic — Not galactic.
- off balance — If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
- oxalacetate — a salt of oxaloacetic acid
- palace coup — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- palaearctic — of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas
- palaeologus — family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.
- palaeontol. — palaeontology
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- panic alarm — an alarm that can be set off to alert others in the case of an emergency
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- re-escalate — to escalate again
- ring galaxy — a galaxy having the shape of an elliptical ring: thought to be the result of a collision of two galaxies.
- salaciously — lustful or lecherous.
- salad cream — Salad cream is a pale-yellow creamy sauce that you eat with salad.
- salad green — a leafy green vegetable, as lettuce, watercress, or escarole, served raw as or in a salad.
- salad plate — a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
- scalability — the ability of something, esp a computer system, to adapt to increased demands
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- sir galahad — (in Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table, destined to regain the Holy Grail; son of Lancelot and Elaine
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- stalactical — like or relating to stalactites
- stalactited — having or containing stalactites
- stalactites — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- stalagmites — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- still alarm — a burglar alarm, fire alarm, or the like, that is activated silently and transmits a warning signal, usually by telephone.
- supergalaxy — a system of galaxies.