9-letter words containing ala
- nialamide — an early MAOI antidepressant drug with chemical formula C16H18N4O2
- nyasaland — former name of Malawi (def 1).
- palaeosol — an ancient soil horizon
- palaestra — Greek Antiquity. palestra.
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- palampore — a cotton print woven in India and used for clothing, canopies, etc.
- palanquin — (formerly in India and other Eastern countries) a passenger conveyance, usually for one person, consisting of a covered or boxlike litter carried by means of poles resting on the shoulders of several men.
- palatable — acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory: palatable food.
- palaverer — a person who palavers
- paralalia — any of various speech disorders, esp the production of a sound different from that intended
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- phthalate — a salt or ester of phthalic acid. Esters are commonly used as plasticizers in PVC; when ingested they can cause kidney and liver damage
- pre-alarm — an automatic device that serves to call attention, to rouse from sleep, or to warn of fire, smoke, an intruder, etc.
- realaudio — (tool, communications) A program from Real Media for playing audio over the Internet, and the lossy audio compression format it uses. The system is implemented as a client/server architecture. The RealAudio server incorporates an encoder which compresses sound into RealAudio files. The client side is a web browser plug-in or add-on (a recent version of Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound facilities of the computer, such as a sound card. A 14.4 KBps or better modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
- rebalance — to balance (something) again
- resalable — able to be resold; suitable for resale.
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- salacious — lustful or lecherous.
- salad bar — an assortment of salad ingredients, condiments, and dressings displayed on a serving table or counter, as at a restaurant, so that one can choose and combine ingredients freely.
- salad oil — an oil used in salad dressing, especially olive oil or a vegetable oil, as from sesame, corn, or safflower.
- salamanca — a city in W Spain: university; Wellington's defeat of the French, 1812.
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salangane — a bird of the genus Collocalia, which make edible nests
- salaryman — (in Japan) a white-collar businessman.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- shah alam — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- stalactic — consisting of, containing or relating to stalactites
- stealable — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- tantalate — a salt of any tantalic acid.
- thalamium — thalamus (def 3).
- thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- unalarmed — a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- unbalance — to throw or put out of balance.
- unsalable — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- vassalage — the state or condition of a vassal.
- walachian — of or relating to the former SE European principality of Walachia (now part of Romania) or its inhabitants