6-letter words containing a, l
- anglo- — Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with relations between Britain and another country.
- anglos — Plural form of anglo.
- angola — a republic in SW Africa, on the Atlantic: includes the enclave of Cabinda, north of the River Congo; a Portuguese possession from 1575 until its independence in 1975; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991; factional violence. It consists of a narrow coastal plain with a large fertile plateau in the east. Currency: kwanza. Religion: Christian majority. Capital: Luanda. Pop: 18 565 269 (2013 est). Area: 1 246 693 sq km (481 351 sq miles)
- anhalt — a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990
- anilin — aniline
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- ankled — (in combination) Having some specific type of ankle.
- ankles — Plural form of ankle.
- anklet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
- anlage — the basis of a later development; foundation
- anlaut — initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- annals — If something is in the annals of a nation or field of activity, it is recorded as part of its history.
- anneal — to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment
- annual — Annual events happen once every year.
- annuli — a ring; a ringlike part, band, or space.
- annuls — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- anodal — Relating to the anode.
- anoles — Plural form of anole.
- anomal — (archaic) Something anomalous, especially an irregular word in a language.
- anselm — Saint. 1033–1109, Italian Benedictine monk; archbishop of Canterbury (1093–1109): one of the founders of scholasticism; author of Cur Deus Homo? (Why did God become Man?). Feast day: Aug 21
- antler — A male deer's antlers are the branched horns on its head.
- antlia — a proboscis designed for sucking
- antral — a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- anu ml — (language) An implementation of SML by the Australian National University for Motorola 68020, Vax and Pyramid.
- anural — having no tail
- anvils — Plural form of anvil.
- aortal — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aparel — A PArse REquest Language
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- aplgol — (language) An APL variant with ALGOL-like control structure, from Hewlett-Packard(?).
- aplite — a light-coloured fine-grained acid igneous rock with a sugary texture, consisting of quartz and feldspars
- aplomb — If you do something with aplomb, you do it with confidence in a relaxed way.
- aplweb — (text, tool) A Web to APL and Web to TeX translator by Dr. Christoph von Basum of The University of Bielefeld, Germany.
- apodal — (of snakes, eels, etc) without feet; having no obvious hind limbs or pelvic fins
- apollo — a strikingly handsome youth
- appall — If something appalls you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
- appals — (British) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appal.
- appeal — If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- apples — well or fine; under control.
- applet — An applet is a computer program which is contained within a page on the World Wide Web, and which transfers itself to your computer and runs automatically while you are looking at that Web page.
- appley — resembling or tasting like an apple
- applog — (language) A language which unifies logic programming and functional programming.
- aprowl — moving about in stealthy search; covertly stalking or hunting; prowling (usually used predicatively): The sudden silence in the jungle gave warning that some huge carnivore was aprowl.
- apulia — a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop: 4 023 957 (2003 est). Area: 19 223 sq km (7422 sq miles)
- aqmola — the capital city of Kazakhstan, in the northern part, on the Ishim River.
- aquila — a constellation lying in the Milky Way close to Cygnus and situated on the celestial equator. The brightest star is Altair
- aquilo — the ancient Roman personification of the north wind.
- arabel — a female given name.
- arable — Arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat and barley rather than keeping animals or growing fruit and vegetables. Arable land is land that is used for arable farming.