7-letter words containing l
- agnails — Plural form of agnail.
- agulhas — Capesouthernmost point of Africa, in Western Cape province, South Africa
- aidless — without help; unassisted
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- ailette — a shoulder component of a knight's armour, normally made of leather or parchment and displaying the bearer's coat of arms
- ailment — An ailment is an illness, especially one that is not very serious.
- aimless — A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
- ainsell — one's own self
- ainsley — Sir Ben, full name Charles Benedict Ainsley. born 1977, English competitive sailor: won gold medals for Britain at four consecutive Olympics (2000–2012)
- air log — Aeronautics. a device for recording the distance traveled by an aircraft, relative to the air through which it moves.
- airable — Suitable for broadcast.
- airball — a missed shot that fails to touch the rim of the basket
- airbill — air waybill.
- airflow — The airflow around an object or vehicle is the way that the air flows around it.
- airfoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- airglow — the faint light from the upper atmosphere in the night sky, esp in low latitudes
- airhole — A hole provided for ventilation or breathing.
- airlane — Alternative spelling of air lane.
- airless — If a place is airless, there is no fresh air in it.
- airlift — An airlift is an operation to move people, troops, or goods by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed.
- airlike — resembling air
- airline — An airline is a company which provides regular services carrying people or goods in aeroplanes.
- airlock — An airlock is a small room that is used to move between areas which do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft or submarine.
- airmail — Airmail is the system of sending letters, parcels, and goods by air.
- airplay — The airplay which a piece of popular music receives is the number of times it is played on the radio.
- aitolia — Modern Greek name of Aetolia.
- al fine — to the end
- al kufa — Kufa.
- al marj — an ancient town in N Libya: founded in about 550 bc Pop: 121 000 (2005 est)
- al-anon — an association for the families and friends of alcoholics to give mutual support
- al-oued — El Oued.
- al-uzza — a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the planet Venus and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- ala dağ — the E part of the Taurus Mountains, in SE Turkey, rising over 3600 m (12 000 ft)
- ala-tau — several mountain ranges of the Tien Shan system in E Kyrgyzstan and SE Kazakhstan. Highest peak, 18,000 feet (5490 meters).
- alabama — a state of the southeastern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: consists of coastal and W lowlands crossed by the Tombigbee, Black Warrior, and Alabama Rivers, with parts of the Tennessee Valley and Cumberland Plateau in the north; noted for producing cotton and white marble. Capital: Montgomery. Pop: 4 500 752 (2003 est). Area: 131 333 sq km (50 708 sq miles)
- aladdin — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor youth who obtains a magic lamp and ring, with which he summons genies who grant his wishes
- alagoas — a state in NE Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Maceió. Pop: 2 887 535 (2002). Area: 30 776 sq km (11 031 sq miles)
- alameda — a public walk or promenade lined with trees, often poplars
- alamein — a town on the N coast of Egypt, about 70 miles (113 km) W of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.
- alamine — a straight-chain or branched-chain fatty amine of high molecular weight, or a mixture of such amines: these amines are used as corrosion inhibitors, emulsifiers, etc.
- alamode — a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century
- alamort — exhausted, half-dead
- alanine — a nonessential aliphatic amino acid that occurs in many proteins
- alannah — my child: used as a term of address or endearment
- alantin — (chemistry, obsolete) inulin.
- alarcon — Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)
- alarmed — If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alarmer — One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
- alarums — Plural form of alarum.
- alaskan — of or relating to Alaska or its inhabitants