6-letter words containing l, a
- alleys — Plural form of alley.
- allice — A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa). (from 17th c.).
- allide — (nautical) To impact a stationary object.
- allied — Allied forces or troops are armies from different countries who are fighting on the same side in a war.
- allier — a department of central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Moulins. Pop: 342 307 (2003 est). Area: 7382 sq km (2879 sq miles)
- allies — (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and Britain) together with the nations allied with them
- allium — any plant of the genus Allium, such as the onion, garlic, shallot, leek, or chive: family Alliaceae
- allons — let's go!
- allots — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allot.
- allows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allow.
- alloys — Plural form of alloy.
- allude — If you allude to something, you mention it in an indirect way.
- allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- allyou — all of you
- almada — a town in S central Portugal, on the S bank of the Tagus estuary opposite Lisbon: statue of Christ 110 m (360 ft) high, erected 1959. Pop: 160 826 (2001)
- almain — a German
- almaty — a city in SE Kazakhstan; capital of Kazakhstan (1991–97): an important trading centre. Pop: 1 103 000 (2005 est)
- almelo — a city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province. Pop: 72 000 (2003 est)
- almery — a cupboard built into a church wall used for storing sacred oils, church vessels, and other similar items
- almond — Almonds are pale oval nuts. They are often used in cooking.
- almost — You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.
- almous — alms.
- almuce — a fur-lined hood or cape formerly worn by members of certain religious orders, more recently by canons of France
- alnage — the inspection and measurement of woollen cloth in ells
- alnico — an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets
- alodia — allodium.
- aloeus — a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- alogia — the inability to speak
- alonso — Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- alpaca — Alpaca is a type of soft wool.
- alpeen — a cudgel
- alpena — a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- alphas — Plural form of alpha.
- alphyl — a univalent aromatic radical
- alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
- alsace — a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)
- alsike — a clover, Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop. It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers
- alston — a male given name.
- altaic — a postulated family of languages of Asia and SE Europe, consisting of the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic branches, and perhaps also Japanese, Korean, and Ainu
- altair — the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. Visual magnitude: 0.77; spectral type: A7V; distance: 16.8 light years
- altars — Plural form of altar.
- altern — alternate
- alters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter.
- alteza — highness
- althea — a feminine name
- alties — Plural form of altie.
- altman — Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)
- altona — a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- altran — (language) A Fortran extension for rational algebra developed by W.S. Brown of Bell Labs ca. 1968.
- aludel — a pear-shaped vessel, open at both ends, formerly used with similar vessels for collecting condensates, esp of subliming mercury