9-letter words containing ale
- limescale — A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- line gale — equinoctial storm.
- magdalena — a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1060 miles (1705 km) long.
- magdalene — the, Mary Magdalene.
- male alto — countertenor.
- male fern — a bright-green fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, of Europe and northeastern North America.
- maleberry — swamp andromeda.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- maleffect — an undesirable effect
- malengine — a wicked plan or deceit
- maltalent — an evil intention
- manizales — a city in W Colombia.
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaler — (computing) A mechanism for marshalling data.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- megalesia — an ancient Roman festival in honor of the Magna Mater.
- melaleuca — any of various chiefly Australian shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, of the myrtle family, including the cajeput and several species of bottlebrush.
- mentalese — the language of thought; thoughts represented in the mind without words, especially complex thoughts built from simpler ones.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- millscale — a scale or coating of iron oxide that forms on heated iron or steel on contact with air
- misdialed — Simple past tense and past participle of misdial.
- montadale — one of a breed of white-faced, hornless sheep developed in the U.S. by crossing Cheviot rams and Columbia ewes, noted for their meat and heavy fleece.
- musicales — Plural form of musicale.
- nanoscale — of or relating to microscopic particles of matter, devices, etc., that are measured in nanometers or microns: a nanoscale sensor made of a single molecule.
- near gale — a wind of force seven on the Beaufort scale or from 32–38 mph
- net sales — Net sales are total sales after subtracting discounts, returned goods, and allowances for damaged goods.
- off-sales — sales of alcoholic drink for consumption off the premises by a pub or an off-licence attached to a pub
- oil shale — a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- opalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of opalesce.
- opalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opalesce.
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- palempore — an ornately patterned Indian cloth; a bed covering
- paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
- paleogene — noting or pertaining to the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, in the system adopted by some geologists, occurring from 65 to 25 million years ago and including the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene epochs: corresponds to the earlier part of the Tertiary Period in the system generally used in the U.S. Compare Neogene.
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- pantaleon — a keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
- pantalets — Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- paralegal — an attorney's assistant, not admitted to the practice of law but trained to perform certain legal tasks.
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pay scale — salary range
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- perendale — a Romney-Cheviot crossbreed of sheep
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.