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9-letter words starting with al

  • alcool-90 — (language)   An object-oriented extension of ML with run-time overloading and a type-based notion of modules, functors and inheritance. It is built on CAML Light. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
  • aldebaran — a binary star, one component of which is a red giant, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. It appears in the sky close to the star cluster Hyades. Visual magnitude: 0.85; spectral type: K5III; distance: 65 light years
  • aldeburgh — a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)
  • aldehydes — Plural form of aldehyde.
  • aldehydic — any of a class of organic compounds containing the group −CHO, which yields acids when oxidized and alcohols when reduced.
  • alder fly — any of several dark-colored neuropterous insects of the family Sialidae, the larvae of which are aquatic and predacious on other aquatic insects.
  • aldershot — a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop: 58 170 (2001)
  • aldington — Richard. 1892–1962, English poet, novelist, and biographer. His novels include Death of a Hero (1929) and The Colonel's Daughter (1931), which reflect postwar disillusion following World War I
  • aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
  • alecithal — (of an ovum) having little or no yolk
  • alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
  • alehouses — Plural form of alehouse.
  • alemannic — the group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany
  • alembroth — a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly believed to be a universal solvent
  • aleph-bet — the Hebrew alphabet
  • alepidote — (of a fish) not having scales.
  • alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
  • aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
  • alewashed — showing the effects of drinking beer
  • alexander — Harold (Rupert Leofric George), Earl Alexander of Tunis. 1891–1969, British field marshal in World War II, who organized the retreat from Dunkirk and commanded in North Africa (1943) and Sicily and Italy (1944–45); governor general of Canada (1946–52); British minister of defence (1952–54)
  • alexandra — 1844–1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland
  • alexiares — a son of Hercules and Hebe.
  • alexius i — (Alexius Comnenus) 1048-1118; emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1081-1118)
  • alfilaria — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, native to Europe, with finely divided leaves and small pink or purplish flowers. It is widely naturalized in North America and is used as fodder
  • alfileria — Alt form alfilaria.
  • alfonso i — (Alfonso Henriques) 1109?–85, first king of Portugal 1139–85.
  • alfonso v — 1432–81, king of Portugal 1438–81.
  • alfonso x — ("Alfonso the Wise") 1221–84, king of Castile 1252–84.
  • algaecide — a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae
  • algarroba — the edible pod of these trees
  • algarrobo — a carob tree native to the Mediterranean region
  • algebraic — Algebraic equations, expressions, and principles are based on or use algebra.
  • algeciras — a port and resort in SW Spain, on the Strait of Gibraltar: scene of a conference of the Great Powers in 1906. Pop: 108 779 (2003 est)
  • algicidal — killing or preventing the growth of algae
  • algicides — Plural form of algicide.
  • algidness — the state or quality of being algid
  • alginates — Plural form of alginate.
  • algol 68c — (language)   A variant of ALGOL 68 developed by S. Bourne and Mike Guy of Cambridge University in 1975 and used as the implementation language for the CHAOS OS for the CAP capability computer. ALGOL 68C was ported to the IBM 360, VAX/VMS and several other platforms.
  • algol 68s — (language)   A subset of ALGOL 68 allowing simpler compilation, intended mainly for numerical computation. It was rewritten in BLISS for the PDP-11, and later in Pascal. It is available as shareware from Charles Lindsey <[email protected]>. Version 2.3 runs on Sun-3 under SunOS 4.x and Atari under GEMDOS (or potentially other computers supported by the Amsterdam Compiler Kit).
  • algometer — an instrument for measuring sensitivity to pressure (pressure algometer) or to pain
  • algometry — a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure.
  • algonkian — Algonquian
  • algonquin — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada
  • algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
  • ali pasha — known as the Lion of Janina. 1741–1822, Turkish pasha and ruler of Albania (1787–1820), who was deposed and assassinated after intriguing against Turkey
  • alicyclic — (of an organic compound) having aliphatic properties, in spite of the presence of a ring of carbon atoms
  • alienable — (of property) transferable to another owner
  • alienated — indifferent, unfriendly, or hostile
  • alienates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alienate.
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