8-letter words containing le
- alewives — Plural form of alewife.
- alkylene — (obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkene.
- allecret — a half suit of light plate armor.
- alledged — Simple past tense and past participle of alledge.
- alledges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alledge.
- allegate — To make an allegation.
- alleging — to assert without proof.
- allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- allegros — Plural form of allegro.
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- alleluia — Alleluia means the same as hallelujah.
- allemand — Misspelling of allemande.
- alleppey — a port in S India, in Kerala on the Malabar Coast. Pop: 177 079 (2001)
- allergen — An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in someone.
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- alleycat — a homeless cat that roams in back streets
- alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
- alliable — having the ability to form a compact or association
- amabelle — a female given name.
- amarelle — a variety of sour cherry that has pale red fruit and colourless juice
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- amenable — If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.
- amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- amplexus — the mating embrace of amphibians, particularly frogs and toads
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- amusable — capable of being amused
- amygdale — a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite
- amygdule — a small gas pocket, usually found in volcanic rock, partly or completely filled with a mineral, esp. a zeolite, calcite, or quartz
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- analecta — Analects.
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- analemma — a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- anethole — a white water-soluble crystalline substance with a liquorice-like odour, used as a flavouring and a sensitizer in the processing of colour photographs. Formula: CH3CH:CHC6H4OCH3
- angeleno — a native or inhabitant of Los Angeles
- angledug — an earthworm
- anglepod — an American wild flowering plant with angular pods, belonging to the milkweed family
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- angleton — a town in S Texas.
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- annealed — Simple past tense and past participle of anneal.
- annulets — Plural form of annulet.
- annulled — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- antileak — serving to prevent leaks
- antileft — opposed to the left wing in politics
- antilles — main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
- antimale — opposed to men
- antipole — the opposite pole