8-letter words containing AL
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter AL. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate AL within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| actually | 13 | in actual fact | to be nominally but not actually independent |
| hospital | 13 | a health facility where patients receive treatment | - |
| personal | 10 | a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
| national | 8 | a person who owes allegiance to that nation | - |
| although | 15 | - | - |
| football | 13 | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | - |
| realized | 18 | successfully completed or brought to an end | the joy of a realized ambition overcame him |
| criminal | 12 | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | - |
| original | 9 | something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | this painting is a copy of the original |
| official | 16 | conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | - |
| physical | 18 | impelled by physical force especially against resistance | a real cop would get physical |
| stealing | 9 | avoiding detection by moving carefully | - |
| material | 10 | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | she measured off enough material for a dress |
| normally | 13 | under normal conditions | - |
| festival | 14 | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | a drama festival |
| baseball | 12 | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | he played baseball in high school |
| talented | 9 | endowed with talent or talents | - |
| valuable | 13 | having worth or merit or value | a valuable friend |
| proposal | 12 | an offer of marriage | - |
| chemical | 17 | relating to or used in chemistry | chemical engineer |
| survival | 14 | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | - |
| internal | 8 | inside the country | the nation's internal politics |
| critical | 12 | forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | a critical point in the campaign |
| almighty | 17 | having unlimited power | - |
| analysis | 11 | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | his physician recommended psychoanalysis |
| dialogue | 10 | a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | - |
| realised | 9 | successfully completed or brought to an end | - |
| marshall | 13 | a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | - |
| cultural | 10 | denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | influenced by ethnic and cultural ties |
| alliance | 10 | the state of being allied or confederated | - |
| allergic | 11 | having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | allergic children |
| mentally | 13 | in your mind | he suffered mentally |
| imperial | 12 | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | golden age of imperial splendor |
| approval | 15 | the formal act of approving | his decision merited the approval of any sensible person |
| salesman | 10 | a man salesperson | - |
| sexually | 18 | with respect to sexuality | sexually ambiguous |
| immortal | 12 | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | - |
| corporal | 12 | possessing or existing in bodily form | what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind |
| calendar | 11 | a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc) | I have you on my calendar for next Monday |
| jealousy | 18 | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) | - |
| memorial | 12 | a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | - |
| betrayal | 13 | an act of deliberate betrayal | - |
| terminal | 10 | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | - |
| carnival | 13 | a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere |
| parallel | 10 | something having the property of being analogous to something else | - |
| stalking | 13 | a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | - |
| rational | 8 | of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man |
| cardinal | 11 | crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | - |
| tropical | 12 | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) | tropical islands |
| regional | 9 | related or limited to a particular region | a regional dialect |
| external | 15 | from or between other countries | external commerce |
| disposal | 11 | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | - |
| altitude | 9 | angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
| sidewalk | 16 | walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | - |
| morality | 13 | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | - |
| medieval | 14 | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | - |
| abnormal | 12 | not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm | abnormal powers of concentration |
| suicidal | 11 | dangerous to yourself or your interests | suicidal impulses |
| bungalow | 14 | a small house with a single story | - |
| tactical | 12 | of or pertaining to tactic or tactics | a tactical error |
| biblical | 14 | of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | biblical names |
| balanced | 13 | being in a state of proper equilibrium | the carefully balanced seesaw |
| vertical | 13 | a vertical structural member as a post or stake | - |
| galaxies | 16 | - | - |
| hallowed | 15 | worthy of religious veneration | Jerusalem's hallowed soil |
| clinical | 12 | scientifically detached; unemotional | he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony |
| surgical | 11 | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | a surgical appendix |
| brutally | 13 | in a vicious manner | - |
| mystical | 15 | relating to or characteristic of mysticism | mystical religion |
| ballroom | 12 | large room used mainly for dancing | - |
| charcoal | 15 | a very dark grey color | - |
| stallion | 8 | uncastrated adult male horse | - |
| socially | 13 | by or with respect to society | socially accepted norms |
| aluminum | 12 | a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | - |
| cerebral | 12 | involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct | a cerebral approach to the problem |
| equality | 20 | a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | - |
| formally | 16 | with official authorization | the club will be formally recognized |
| galactic | 13 | inconceivably large | - |
| temporal | 12 | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb | - |
| punctual | 12 | acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed | she expected guests to be punctual at meals |
| alphabet | 15 | the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | - |
| analyzed | 21 | examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts | the analyzed data indicated surprising trends |
| cannibal | 12 | a person who eats human flesh | - |
| casualty | 13 | someone injured or killed in an accident | - |
| stalling | 9 | a tactic used to mislead or delay | - |
| judicial | 18 | relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge | judicial system |
| oriental | 8 | denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East | oriental civilization |
| evaluate | 11 | form a critical opinion of | How do you evaluate this grant proposal? |
| metallic | 12 | containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal | a metallic compound |
| dealings | 10 | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | he has always been honest is his dealings with me |
| calamari | 12 | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | - |
| casually | 13 | in an unconcerned manner | glanced casually at the headlines |
| colonial | 10 | composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | coral is a colonial organism |
| tribunal | 10 | an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | - |
| talisman | 10 | a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease | - |
| softball | 13 | a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer | - |
| fireball | 13 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| colossal | 10 | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple |
| snowball | 13 | plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | - |
| interval | 11 | the difference in pitch between two notes | - |
| manually | 13 | by hand | this car shifts manually |
| calamity | 15 | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity |
| informal | 13 | having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | a relaxed informal manner |
| maternal | 10 | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | - |
| mutually | 13 | in a mutual or shared manner | the agreement was mutually satisfactory |
| parental | 10 | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | parental guidance |
| bisexual | 17 | having an ambiguous sexual identity | - |
| downfall | 15 | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | - |
| genitals | 9 | external sex organ | - |
| mythical | 18 | based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | mythical centaurs |
| seasonal | 8 | a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | - |
| communal | 14 | for or by a group rather than individuals | dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew |
| pedestal | 11 | a support or foundation | - |
| prodigal | 12 | a recklessly extravagant consumer | - |
| alarming | 11 | frightening because of an awareness of danger | - |
| dialysis | 12 | separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | - |
| visually | 14 | - | - |
| alleluia | 8 | - | - |
| reversal | 11 | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view | - |
| altering | 9 | the sterilization of an animal | - |
| valencia | 13 | a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean | - |
| nautical | 10 | relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | nautical charts |
| inhaling | 12 | - | - |
| meatball | 12 | ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth | - |
| ballpark | 16 | near to the scope or range of something | his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark |
| residual | 9 | something left after other parts have been taken away | - |
| appalled | 13 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| halftime | 16 | an intermission between the first and second half of a game | - |
| calculus | 12 | a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | - |
| idealist | 9 | someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | - |
| exhaling | 19 | - | - |
| disloyal | 12 | showing lack of love for your country | - |
| handball | 14 | a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands | - |
| chivalry | 19 | courtesy towards women | - |
| overalls | 11 | - | - |
| infernal | 11 | extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | infernal instruments of war |
| alluring | 9 | highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | an alluring prospect |
| hormonal | 13 | of or relating to or caused by hormones | hormonal changes |
| integral | 9 | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | - |
| marshals | 13 | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system | - |
| upheaval | 16 | a violent disturbance | - |
| snowfall | 14 | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | - |
| hallmark | 17 | a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity | - |
| optional | 10 | possible but not necessary; left to personal choice | - |
| annually | 11 | by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) | - |
| catalyst | 13 | (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | - |
| paternal | 10 | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | - |
| verbally | 16 | as a verb | he had a habit of using nouns verbally |
| venereal | 11 | of or relating to the external sex organs | venereal disease |
| smallpox | 19 | a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | - |
| fatality | 14 | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster | - |
| finalize | 20 | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | let's finalize the proposal |
| uncalled | 11 | - | - |
| vitality | 14 | a healthy capacity for vigorous activity | - |
| alleyway | 17 | a narrow street with walls on both sides | - |
| escalate | 10 | increase in extent or intensity | The Allies escalated the bombing |
| vocalist | 13 | a person who sings | - |
| rainfall | 11 | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | - |
| marginal | 11 | of questionable or minimal quality | marginal writing ability |
| calmness | 12 | steadiness of mind under stress | - |
| baldrick | 17 | a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip | - |
| firewall | 14 | a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| mistrial | 10 | a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
| cervical | 15 | of or relating to the cervix of the uterus | cervical cancer |
| escalade | 11 | an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | - |
| habitual | 13 | commonly used or practiced; usual | his habitual comment |
| idealism | 11 | elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued | - |
| salvaged | 13 | - | - |
| clerical | 12 | appropriate for or engaged in office work | clerical skills |
| saluting | 9 | - | - |
| primeval | 15 | having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | the forest primeval |
| allegory | 12 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | - |
| falsetto | 11 | a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register | - |
| validity | 15 | the quality of being valid and rigorous | - |
| pastoral | 10 | a musical composition that evokes rural life | - |
| rallying | 12 | the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack |
| finalist | 11 | a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | - |
| dialling | 10 | - | - |
| callback | 18 | a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | - |
| ethereal | 11 | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy | this smallest and most ethereal of birds |
| validate | 12 | give evidence for | - |
| referral | 11 | a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group | the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones |
| palpable | 14 | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | a palpable lie |
| arterial | 8 | of or involving or contained in the arteries | arterial disease |
| globally | 14 | throughout the world | this is globally significant |
| tutorial | 8 | a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students | - |
| rebuttal | 10 | (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder | - |
| alderman | 11 | a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) | - |
| hardball | 14 | a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics | they play hardball in the Senate |
| telltale | 8 | someone who gossips indiscreetly | - |
| allotted | 9 | given as a task | her allotted chores |
| fastball | 13 | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | he swung late on the fastball |
| squealer | 17 | domestic swine | - |
| epidural | 11 | regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery | - |
| cavalier | 13 | a gallant or courtly gentleman | - |
| paralyze | 22 | cause to be paralyzed and immobile | The poison paralyzed him |
| prenatal | 10 | occurring or existing before birth | the prenatal period |
| legalize | 18 | make legal | Marijuana should be legalized |
| conjugal | 18 | of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband | conjugal visits |
| signaled | 10 | - | - |
| virginal | 12 | a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
| analysed | 12 | - | - |
| galleria | 9 | a genus of Pyralidae | - |
| visceral | 13 | relating to or affecting the viscera | visceral bleeding |
| alienate | 8 | transfer property or ownership | - |
| eventual | 11 | expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating | hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue |
| stealthy | 14 | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | stealthy footsteps |
| atypical | 15 | deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal | these days large families are atypical |
| borealis | 10 | - | - |
| cortical | 12 | of or relating to a cortex | - |
| diagonal | 10 | a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | - |
| pectoral | 12 | either of two large muscles of the chest | - |
| malarkey | 17 | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | - |
| totality | 11 | the whole amount | - |
| alerting | 9 | a state of readiness to respond | alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG |
| goofball | 14 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | - |
| medalist | 11 | someone who has won a medal | - |
| nuptials | 10 | the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | - |
| locality | 13 | a surrounding or nearby region | it is a rugged locality |
| windfall | 15 | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | - |
| skeletal | 12 | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys |
| spectral | 12 | resembling or characteristic of a phantom | spectral emanations |
| allocate | 10 | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | - |
| doctoral | 11 | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | doctoral dissertation |
| heralded | 13 | publicly announced | the royal couple's much heralded world tour |
| legality | 12 | lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute | - |
| calluses | 10 | - | - |
| fallback | 19 | to break off a military action with an enemy | - |
| moralist | 10 | someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | - |
| baldness | 11 | the condition of having no hair on the top of the head | - |
| befallen | 13 | - | - |
| familial | 13 | occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | familial traits |
| maniacal | 12 | wildly disordered | a maniacal frenzy |
| altruism | 10 | the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others | - |
| alleging | 10 | - | - |
| galoshes | 12 | - | - |
| normalcy | 15 | being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | - |
| cyclical | 17 | recurring in cycles | - |
| subdural | 11 | below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges | - |
| smallish | 13 | rather small | - |
| racially | 13 | with respect to race | racially integrated |
| analogue | 9 | something having the property of being analogous to something else | - |
| hairball | 13 | a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | - |
| cakewalk | 21 | an easy accomplishment | winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him |
| reprisal | 10 | a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime | - |
| parietal | 10 | of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium | parietal lobe |
| palisade | 11 | surround with a wall in order to fortify | - |
| ballgame | 13 | a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation | HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame |
| guttural | 9 | like the sounds of frogs and crows | a guttural voice |
| valerian | 11 | a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers | - |
| valkyrie | 18 | (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla | - |
| remedial | 11 | tending to cure or restore to health | remedial surgery |
| especial | 12 | surpassing what is common or usual or expected | he paid especial attention to her |
| jalapeno | 17 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
| clitoral | 10 | of or relating to the clitoris | - |
| totalled | 9 | - | - |
| scalping | 13 | - | - |
| societal | 10 | relating to human society and its members | societal evolution |
| palatine | 10 | relating to or lying near the palate | the palatine tonsils |
| allusion | 8 | passing reference or indirect mention | - |
| balsamic | 14 | of or relating to or containing balsam | a balsamic fragrance |
| formalin | 13 | a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | - |
| mortally | 13 | - | - |
| dallying | 13 | - | - |
| palatial | 10 | suitable for or like a palace | palatial furnishings |
| palomino | 12 | a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail | - |
| amygdala | 15 | an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior | - |
| alkaline | 12 | relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone |
| falconer | 13 | a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | - |
| finalise | 11 | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | - |
| finality | 14 | the quality of being final or definitely settled | the finality of death |
| landfall | 12 | the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) | - |
| mealtime | 12 | the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten | - |
| devalued | 13 | lowered in value | - |
| poetical | 12 | of or relating to poetry | - |
| analyzer | 20 | an instrument that performs analyses | - |
| banality | 13 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
| totaling | 9 | - | - |
| salivate | 11 | be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something | - |
| paralyse | 13 | cause to be paralyzed and immobile | - |
| penalize | 19 | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | The students were penalized for showing up late for class |
| proximal | 19 | situated nearest to point of attachment or origin | the proximal end of a bone |
| idealize | 18 | form ideals | Man has always idealized |
| ironical | 10 | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is | it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely |
| kabbalah | 19 | an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | - |
| kickball | 20 | - | - |
| moonwalk | 17 | a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot | Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s |
| localize | 19 | restrict something to a particular area | - |
| calvados | 14 | dry apple brandy made in Normandy | - |
| spiraled | 11 | - | - |
| pretrial | 10 | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases | - |
| puffball | 18 | any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | - |
| paleface | 15 | - | - |
| biennial | 10 | having a life cycle lasting two seasons | a biennial life cycle |
| magdalen | 12 | a reformed prostitute | - |
| calender | 11 | a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers | - |
| tragical | 11 | very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | - |
| salinity | 11 | the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth | - |
| analytic | 13 | of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | `all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition |
| biannual | 10 | occurring or payable twice each year | - |
| aligning | 10 | causing to fall into line or into position | - |
| equalize | 26 | compensate; make the score equal | - |
| inertial | 8 | of or relating to inertia | - |
| musicale | 12 | - | - |
| lethally | 14 | - | - |
| cornmeal | 12 | coarsely ground corn | - |
| valorous | 11 | having or showing valor | - |
| walruses | 11 | - | - |
| spitball | 12 | an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | - |
| royalist | 11 | an advocate of the principles of monarchy | - |
| salvager | 12 | someone who salvages | - |
| salaried | 9 | receiving or eligible for compensation | salaried workers |
| alluding | 10 | - | - |
| balmoral | 12 | a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | - |
| baldhead | 15 | a person whose head is bald or shaved | - |
| birdcall | 13 | the characteristic sound produced by a bird | - |
| alarmist | 10 | a person who alarms others needlessly | - |
| enthrall | 11 | hold spellbound | - |
| equalled | 18 | - | - |
| folktale | 15 | a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | - |
| goalpost | 11 | one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
| madrigal | 12 | an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form | - |
| calliope | 12 | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard | - |
| rivaling | 12 | - | - |
| alkaloid | 13 | natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants | - |
| duodenal | 10 | in or relating to the duodenum | duodenal ulcer |
| embalmer | 14 | a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives | - |
| fallible | 13 | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | I'm only a fallible human |
| doolally | 12 | - | - |
| neuronal | 8 | of or relating to neurons | - |
| coalesce | 12 | mix together different elements | - |
| unsealed | 9 | not established or confirmed | his doom is as yet unsealed |
| tallying | 12 | - | - |
| ritually | 11 | in a ceremonial manner | - |
| salutary | 11 | tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health | the salutary influence of pure air |
| schmaltz | 24 | (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | - |
| parallax | 17 | the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object | - |
| phalange | 14 | - | - |
| realness | 8 | the state of being actual or real | - |
| altruist | 8 | someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being | - |
| alopecia | 12 | loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
| archival | 16 | of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive | - |
| autumnal | 10 | characteristic of late maturity verging on decline | a serene autumnal mood |
| alfresco | 13 | outside a building | - |
| alienist | 8 | a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness | - |
| fatalist | 11 | of or relating to fatalism | a fatalist person |
| loyalist | 11 | a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | - |
| cornball | 12 | - | - |
| victuals | 13 | a source of materials to nourish the body | - |
| unfilial | 11 | - | - |
| stalwart | 11 | used especially of persons | a stalwart knight |
| rivalled | 12 | - | - |
| saleable | 10 | capable of being sold; fit for sale | saleable at a low price |
| quaalude | 18 | sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse | - |
| bifocals | 15 | (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision | - |
| brachial | 15 | of or relating to an arm | brachial artery |
| albacore | 12 | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | - |
| alacrity | 13 | liveliness and eagerness | he accepted with alacrity |
| exalting | 16 | tending to exalt | an exalting eulogy |
| farcical | 15 | broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | the wild farcical exuberance of a clown |
| fiscally | 16 | in financial matters | fiscally irresponsible |
| galvanic | 14 | pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action | a galvanic cell |
| funereal | 11 | suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial | funereal gloom |
| malvasia | 13 | grape used to make malmsey wine | - |
| megalith | 14 | memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) | - |
| modality | 14 | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | - |
| coalmine | 12 | - | - |
| calamine | 12 | a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | - |
| calfskin | 17 | fine leather from the skin of a calf | - |
| thalamus | 13 | large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon | - |
| unhealed | 12 | not healed | an unhealed wound |
| palestra | 10 | a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes | - |
| basaltic | 12 | of or relating to or containing basalt | basaltic magma is fluid |
| equaling | 18 | - | - |
| halfback | 22 | (American football) an offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback | - |
| highball | 17 | a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass | - |
| impaling | 13 | - | - |
| gestural | 9 | being other than verbal communication | the study of gestural communication |
| moralize | 19 | interpret the moral meaning of | moralize a story |
| legalise | 9 | make legal | - |
| galloway | 15 | a district in southwestern Scotland | - |
| walkover | 18 | any undertaking that is easy to do | - |
| zealotry | 20 | excessive intolerance of opposing views | - |
| zodiacal | 20 | relating to or included in the zodiac | zodiacal constellations |
| tracheal | 13 | relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea | - |
| salivary | 14 | of or relating to saliva | salivary gland |
| scalawag | 14 | one who is playfully mischievous | - |
| rascally | 13 | lacking principles or scruples | the rascally rabble |
| paleness | 10 | the property of having a naturally light complexion | - |
| alveolar | 11 | a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | - |
| allspice | 12 | aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries | - |
| aqualung | 18 | a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | - |
| ballcock | 18 | floating ball that controls level in a water tank | - |
| balletic | 12 | characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet | - |
| biracial | 12 | consisting of or combining two races | a biracial committee |
| albinism | 12 | the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair | - |
| alehouse | 11 | a tavern where ale is sold | - |
| alighted | 13 | - | - |
| fatalism | 13 | a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them | - |
| idealise | 9 | form ideals | - |
| jalopies | 17 | - | - |
| malarial | 10 | of or infected by or resembling malaria | malarial fever |
| neonatal | 8 | relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth | neonatal care |
| legalese | 9 | a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | - |
| backtalk | 20 | an impudent or insolent rejoinder | - |
| valvular | 14 | relating to or operating by means of valves | - |
| vocalize | 22 | sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | - |
| talkback | 20 | - | - |
| synovial | 14 | relating to or secreting synovia | - |
| thallium | 13 | a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores | - |
| scalable | 12 | capable of being scaled; possible to scale | the scalable slope of a mountain |
| revalued | 12 | - | - |
| pratfall | 13 | an embarrassing mistake | - |
| psalmist | 12 | a composer of sacred songs | - |
| psalmody | 16 | the act of singing psalms or hymns | - |
| alpinist | 10 | a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs | - |
| alluvial | 11 | of or relating to alluvium | - |
| ballista | 10 | an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles | - |
| alginate | 9 | - | - |
| ethnical | 13 | denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | - |
| escalope | 12 | - | - |
| falchion | 16 | a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point | - |
| disallow | 12 | command against | - |
| halftone | 14 | an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | - |
| heraldry | 15 | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms | - |
| jalousie | 15 | a window with glass louvers | - |
| naloxone | 15 | a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine | - |
| notional | 8 | indulging in or influenced by fancy | all the notional vagaries of childhood |
| cantonal | 10 | of or relating to a canton | - |
| callused | 11 | - | - |
| unsocial | 10 | not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions | the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors |
| unvalued | 12 | having value that is not acknowledged | - |
| unsexual | 15 | - | - |
| unsalted | 9 | without salt or seasoning | - |
| vesperal | 13 | - | - |
| varietal | 11 | a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape | - |
| vitalize | 20 | make more lively or vigorous | The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man |
| supposal | 12 | a hypothesis that is taken for granted | - |
| teetotal | 8 | practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | no thank you; I happen to be teetotal |
| tantalum | 10 | a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | - |
| sagittal | 9 | located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture | - |
| sodality | 12 | people engaged in a particular occupation | - |
| perineal | 10 | of or relating to the perineum | perineal pains |
| postural | 10 | of or relating to or involving posture | postural exercises |
| radially | 12 | in a radial manner | an imaginative dispersal of the pews radially from the central focus of the pulpit |
| overfall | 14 | - | - |
| alpinism | 12 | mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps) | - |
| alveolus | 11 | a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways | - |
| armorial | 10 | of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | armorial bearing |
| balancer | 12 | either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | - |
| binomial | 12 | having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies | binomial nomenclature of bacteria |
| aldehyde | 16 | any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids | - |
| farfalle | 14 | pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie | - |
| forestal | 11 | - | - |
| footfall | 14 | the sound of a step of someone walking | - |
| frugally | 15 | in a frugal manner | in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop |
| inimical | 12 | not friendly | an inimical critic |
| jovially | 21 | in a jovial manner | he greeted his friend jovially |
| germinal | 11 | containing seeds of later development | - |
| maleness | 10 | the properties characteristic of the male sex | - |
| malinger | 11 | avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill | - |
| malamute | 12 | breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | - |
| medalled | 12 | - | - |
| muralist | 10 | a painter of murals | - |
| nonfatal | 11 | not bringing death | nonfatal heart attack |
| notarial | 8 | - | - |
| coalsack | 16 | - | - |
| coalface | 15 | the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
| deprival | 14 | - | - |
| calabash | 15 | tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds | - |
| calderas | 11 | - | - |
| calcined | 13 | - | - |
| fuzzball | 31 | - | - |
| unwalled | 12 | - | - |
| unreally | 11 | - | - |
| unshaled | 12 | - | - |
| unshales | 11 | - | - |
| unscales | 10 | - | - |
| unscaled | 11 | - | - |
| uropodal | 11 | - | - |
| urethral | 11 | of or relating to the urethra | - |
| uralites | 8 | - | - |
| uralitic | 10 | - | - |
| upvalues | 13 | - | - |
| upvalued | 14 | - | - |
| ureteral | 8 | - | - |
| valanced | 14 | - | - |
| valances | 13 | - | - |
| valences | 13 | - | - |
| valerate | 11 | - | - |
| vallhund | 15 | - | - |
| vallonia | 11 | - | - |
| valoneas | 11 | - | - |
| valonias | 11 | - | - |
| valorise | 11 | - | - |
| valorize | 20 | - | - |
| valproic | 15 | - | - |
| valleyed | 15 | - | - |
| valeting | 12 | - | - |
| valguses | 12 | - | - |
