6-letter words containing al
- 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
- alulae — Plural form of alula.
- alumna — a female graduate of a school, college, etc
- alumni — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alvaro — Corrado [kawr-rah-daw] /kɔrˈrɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1890–1956, Italian journalist and novelist.
- alveus — The channel of a river.
- alvine — of or relating to the intestines or belly
- alvira — a female given name, form of Elvira.
- always — If you always do something, you do it whenever a particular situation occurs. If you always did something, you did it whenever a particular situation occurred.
- alwite — white (def 11).
- alyson — a female given name, form of Alice.
- amalek — a grandson of Esau: Gen. 36:9-12
- amalfi — a town in Italy: a major Mediterranean port from the 10th to the 18th century, now a resort
- amalia — a female given name.
- ambala — a city in N India, in Haryana: site of archaeological remains of a prehistoric Indian civilization: grain, cotton, food processing. Pop: 139 222 (2001)
- amical — (now rare) Friendly, amicable.
- amodal — Not modal (in any sense).
- amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- amytal — a barbiturate, a brand of amobarbital, used as a sedative and hypnotic
- anally — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- analog — Analog technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage.
- anchal — Lb Nepal any administrative zone of Nepal.
- anhalt — a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- annals — If something is in the annals of a nation or field of activity, it is recorded as part of its history.