9-letter words containing ala
- escalates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escalate.
- escalator — A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, conveying people between the floors of a public building.
- falangism — the ideology and practices of the Falange political party
- falangist — a member of the Falange.
- galactico — (football) A football superstar.
- galactoid — resembling milk; milky.
- galactose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
- galantine — a dish of boned poultry, wrapped in its skin and poached in gelatin stock, pressed, and served cold with aspic or its own jelly.
- galatians — a book in the New Testament, written to the Christians in Galatia. Abbreviation: Gal.
- guatemala — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- halachist — one of the writers or compilers of the Halakhah.
- halakhist — one of the writers or compilers of the Halakhah.
- halazepam — a derivative of benzodiazepine, C 17 H 12 ClF 3 N 2 O, used for management of anxiety disorders.
- haleakala — a dormant volcano in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. 10,032 feet (3058 meters) above sea level.
- himalayan — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- himalayas — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- inbalance — Alternative spelling of imbalance.
- inhalable — That can be inhaled.
- inhalants — Plural form of inhalant.
- inhalator — an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.
- jalalabad — a city in NE Afghanistan, capital of Nangarhar province; a trading, military, and tourist centre on the main route between Kabul and the Khyber Pass. Pop: 96 000 (2004 est)
- jalandhar — a city in N Punjab, in NW India.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- jambalaya — a dish of Creole origin, consisting of rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish, herbs, spices, and vegetables, especially tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
- kala-azar — a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- kalamkari — A type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- mala fide — in bad faith; not genuine.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- malacotic — softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- maladapts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maladapt.
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malaguena — a Spanish dance similar to the fandango, originating in Málaga.
- malamutes — Plural form of malamute.
- malanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malatesta — an Italian family that ruled Rimini from the 13th to the 16th century
- malathion — an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively low toxicity for mammals.
- malaxator — a machine for kneading or grinding
- malayalam — a Dravidian language spoken in extreme southwestern India.
- malaysian — a native or inhabitant of Malaysia.
- marmalade — a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended.
- marmalady — Covered with marmalade.
- mathusala — Methuselah (def 1).
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- myrobalan — the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.