6-letter words containing l, a
- aralia — any plant of the genus Aralia of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. The greenhouse and house plant generally known as aralia is Schefflera elegantissima of a related genus, grown for its decorative evergreen foliage: family Araliaceae
- arallu — the ancient Babylonian world of the dead.
- arbela — an ancient city in Assyria, near which the Battle of Arbela took place (331 bc), in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians
- arblay — Madame Frances, Burney, Frances.
- archil — orchil
- archly — in an arch manner; pertly and mischievously
- areola — any small circular area, such as the pigmented ring around the human nipple or the inflamed area surrounding a pimple
- areole — a space outlined on a surface, such as an area between veins on a leaf or on an insect's wing
- argala — the adjutant bird
- argali — a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, inhabiting semidesert regions in central Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. It is the largest of the sheep, having massive horns in the male, which may almost form a circle
- argall — Sir Samuel, 1572–1639, British explorer: colonial governor of Virginia 1617–19.
- argyle — made of knitted or woven material with a diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colours
- argyll — former county of W Scotland
- aridly — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- ariled — (of seeds) having an aril
- arleen — a female given name.
- arlene — a feminine name: var. Arline, Arleen
- arliss — George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- armful — An armful of something is the amount of it that you can carry fairly easily.
- armill — a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- armlet — a small arm, as of a lake, the sea, etc
- arnold — a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)
- arnulf — a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- arolla — an Arolla pine
- artels — Plural form of artel.
- artful — If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- artily — in an affectedly creative or aesthetic manner
- ashlar — a block of hewn stone with straight edges for use in building
- ashler — Masonry. a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints. such stones collectively. masonry made of them.
- ashley — Jack, Baron. 1922–2012, British Labour politician and campaigner for deaf and disabled people
- aslake — to weaken or make (a thing) less intense
- aslant — at a slant
- aslaug — daughter of Brynhild and Sigurd, wife of Ragnar Lodbrok.
- asleep — Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
- aslope — sloping
- aslosh — submerged or deluged with or as with water
- assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- assoil — to absolve; set free
- astely — the lack of a central cylinder or stele
- astral — Astral means relating to the stars.
- aswell — Archaic spelling of as well.
- aswirl — whirling
- asylee — a person who is granted asylum
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- at all — You use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions.
- at vol — atomic volume
- atabal — a drum played by the Moorish people of N Africa
- atelic — showing an action or happening as being unfinished
- athlon — (hardware) (K7) AMD's 7th generation x86 processor, released in June 1999. Athlon uses a Slot A motherboard and is not compatible with Slot 1 motherboards.
- atlatl — a wooden implement used to throw a spear or similar weapon at a greater speed or distance as used by Native Americans