9-letter words starting with AL
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter AL. This section showcases how AL at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with AL, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| alexander | 17 | king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) | - |
| alcoholic | 16 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | - |
| allowance | 14 | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | an allowance for profit |
| alongside | 11 | side by side | - |
| alternate | 9 | be an understudy or alternate for a role | - |
| alligator | 10 | either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | - |
| alignment | 12 | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | - |
| allegedly | 14 | according to what has been alleged | he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife |
| alienated | 10 | socially disoriented | we live in an age of rootless alienated people |
| alchemist | 16 | one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone | - |
| alleviate | 12 | make easier | - |
| albatross | 11 | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | she was an albatross around his neck |
| algorithm | 15 | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem | - |
| allocated | 12 | - | - |
| allotment | 11 | a share set aside for a specific purpose | - |
| aluminium | 13 | a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | - |
| alabaster | 11 | of or resembling alabaster | alabaster statue |
| alertness | 9 | a state of readiness to respond | - |
| altimeter | 11 | an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation | - |
| altiplano | 11 | - | - |
| allowable | 14 | that may be permitted especially as according to rule | - |
| albuterol | 11 | a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness | - |
| algebraic | 14 | of or relating to algebra | algebraic geometry |
| alighting | 14 | - | - |
| aloneness | 9 | a disposition toward being alone | - |
| aloofness | 12 | a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | - |
| allegiant | 10 | steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government) | it is impossible to be allegiant to two opposing forces |
| allemande | 12 | egg-thickened veloute | - |
| allergist | 10 | a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies | - |
| almshouse | 14 | - | - |
| alabamine | 13 | - | - |
| alachlors | 14 | - | - |
| alackaday | 19 | - | - |
| alaiments | 11 | - | - |
| alalagmoi | 12 | - | - |
| alalagmos | 12 | - | - |
| alarmable | 13 | - | - |
| alarmedly | 15 | - | - |
| alarmisms | 13 | - | - |
| alarmists | 11 | - | - |
| alaruming | 12 | - | - |
| alastrims | 11 | - | - |
| albacores | 13 | - | - |
| albarelli | 11 | - | - |
| albarello | 11 | - | - |
| albertite | 11 | - | - |
| albescent | 13 | becoming or shading into white | - |
| albespine | 13 | - | - |
| albespyne | 16 | - | - |
| albicores | 13 | - | - |
| albinisms | 13 | - | - |
| albinoism | 13 | - | - |
| albinotic | 13 | of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | - |
| albitical | 13 | - | - |
| albitised | 12 | - | - |
| albitises | 11 | - | - |
| albitized | 21 | - | - |
| albitizes | 20 | - | - |
| albizzias | 29 | - | - |
| albricias | 13 | - | - |
| albumoses | 13 | - | - |
| alburnous | 11 | - | - |
| alburnums | 13 | - | - |
| alcahests | 14 | - | - |
| alcarraza | 20 | - | - |
| alchemies | 16 | - | - |
| alchemise | 16 | alter (elements) by alchemy | - |
| alchemize | 25 | alter (elements) by alchemy | - |
| alchymies | 19 | - | - |
| alcolocks | 17 | - | - |
| aldehydes | 17 | - | - |
| aldehydic | 19 | of or related to or containing aldehydes | - |
| aldicarbs | 14 | - | - |
| aldolases | 10 | - | - |
| aldoximes | 19 | - | - |
| aleatoric | 11 | - | - |
| alecithal | 14 | - | - |
| alectryon | 14 | - | - |
| alehouses | 12 | - | - |
| alembroth | 16 | - | - |
| aleurones | 9 | - | - |
| aleuronic | 11 | of or related to aleurone | - |
| alewashed | 16 | - | - |
| alfaquins | 21 | - | - |
| alfereces | 14 | - | - |
| alfilaria | 12 | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | - |
| alfileria | 12 | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | - |
| algaecide | 13 | - | - |
| algarobas | 12 | - | - |
| algarroba | 12 | mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | - |
| algarrobo | 12 | - | - |
| algerines | 10 | - | - |
| algicidal | 13 | - | - |
| algicides | 13 | - | - |
| algidness | 11 | - | - |
| alginates | 10 | - | - |
| algometer | 12 | device for measuring pain caused by pressure | - |
| algometry | 15 | measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure | - |
| algorisms | 12 | - | - |
| alguacils | 12 | - | - |
| alguazils | 19 | - | - |
| aliasings | 10 | - | - |
| alicyclic | 18 | - | - |
| alienable | 11 | transferable to another owner | - |
| alienages | 10 | - | - |
| alienates | 9 | - | - |
| alienator | 9 | an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile | - |
| alienisms | 11 | - | - |
| alienists | 9 | - | - |
| alienness | 9 | - | - |
| aligartas | 10 | - | - |
| alikeness | 13 | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | - |
| alimental | 11 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| alimented | 12 | - | - |
| alimonied | 12 | - | - |
| alimonies | 11 | - | - |
| alinement | 11 | an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty | - |
| aliphatic | 16 | having carbon atoms linked in open chains | - |
| aliteracy | 14 | - | - |
| aliterate | 9 | a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources | - |
| aliveness | 12 | the condition of living or the state of being alive | - |
| alizarine | 18 | an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | - |
| alizarins | 18 | - | - |
| alkahests | 16 | - | - |
| alkalised | 14 | - | - |
| alkaliser | 13 | an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | - |
| alkalises | 13 | - | - |
| alkalized | 23 | - | - |
| alkalizer | 22 | an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | - |
| alkalizes | 22 | - | - |
| alkaloids | 14 | - | - |
| alkaloses | 13 | - | - |
| alkalosis | 13 | abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues | - |
| alkalotic | 15 | marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis) | - |
| alkannins | 13 | - | - |
| alkoxides | 21 | - | - |
| alkylated | 17 | - | - |
| alkylates | 16 | - | - |
| allanites | 9 | - | - |
| allantoic | 11 | relating to or characterized by an allantois | - |
| allantoid | 10 | shaped like a sausage | - |
| allantoin | 9 | - | - |
| allantois | 9 | the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
| allatives | 12 | - | - |
| allayings | 13 | - | - |
| allayment | 14 | - | - |
| allcomers | 13 | - | - |
| alledging | 12 | - | - |
| allegging | 12 | - | - |
| allegoric | 12 | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | allegorical stories |
| allelisms | 11 | - | - |
| alleluiah | 12 | - | - |
| alleluias | 9 | - | - |
| allenarly | 12 | - | - |
| allergens | 10 | - | - |
| allergics | 12 | - | - |
| allergies | 10 | - | - |
| allergins | 10 | - | - |
| allerions | 9 | - | - |
| allethrin | 12 | - | - |
| alleviant | 12 | remedy that alleviates pain without curing | - |
| alleycats | 14 | - | - |
| alleyways | 18 | - | - |
| alliances | 11 | - | - |
| allicholy | 17 | - | - |
| alligarta | 10 | - | - |
| alligated | 11 | - | - |
| alligates | 10 | - | - |
| allnesses | 9 | - | - |
| allocable | 13 | capable of being distributed | - |
| allocarpy | 16 | - | - |
| allocates | 11 | - | - |
| allocator | 11 | a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion | - |
| allodiums | 12 | - | - |
| allodynia | 13 | - | - |
| allogenic | 12 | - | - |
| allograft | 13 | tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | - |
| allograph | 15 | a signature written by one person for another | - |
| allomeric | 13 | - | - |
| allometry | 14 | the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole | - |
| allomones | 11 | - | - |
| allomorph | 16 | any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite |
| allonging | 11 | - | - |
| allopaths | 14 | - | - |
| allopathy | 17 | the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself | - |
| allopatry | 14 | the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap | - |
| allophane | 14 | - | - |
| allophone | 14 | (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme | - |
| alloplasm | 13 | - | - |
| allosaurs | 9 | - | - |
| allostery | 12 | - | - |
| allotrope | 11 | a structurally different form of an element | graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon |
| allotropy | 14 | the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | - |
| allottees | 9 | - | - |
| allotters | 9 | - | - |
| allottery | 12 | - | - |
| allotting | 10 | - | - |
| allotypes | 14 | - | - |
| allotypic | 16 | - | - |
| allowably | 17 | in a permissible manner | - |
| allowedly | 16 | - | - |
| allozymes | 23 | - | - |
| allspices | 13 | - | - |
| allusions | 9 | - | - |
| alluvials | 12 | - | - |
| alluvions | 12 | - | - |
| alluviums | 14 | - | - |
| almagests | 12 | - | - |
| almanacks | 17 | - | - |
| almandine | 12 | a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate | - |
| almandite | 12 | a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate | - |
| almondier | 12 | - | - |
| almondite | 12 | - | - |
| almonries | 11 | - | - |
| almsgiver | 15 | a person who gives alms | - |
| almswoman | 16 | - | - |
| almswomen | 16 | - | - |
| alocasias | 11 | - | - |
| aloeswood | 13 | - | - |
| alopecias | 13 | - | - |
| alopecoid | 14 | - | - |
| alpargata | 12 | - | - |
| alpenglow | 15 | - | - |
| alpenhorn | 14 | - | - |
| alphabets | 16 | - | - |
| alphasort | 14 | - | - |
| alphatest | 14 | - | - |
| alpinisms | 13 | - | - |
| alpinists | 11 | - | - |
| altarages | 10 | - | - |
| altarwise | 12 | - | - |
| alterable | 11 | (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe | - |
| alterably | 14 | - | - |
| alterants | 9 | - | - |
| altercate | 11 | have a disagreement over something | - |
| alternant | 9 | - | - |
| alternats | 9 | - | - |
| altigraph | 15 | - | - |
| altimetry | 14 | - | - |
| altissimo | 11 | very high | - |
| altitudes | 10 | - | - |
| altricial | 11 | (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
| altruisms | 11 | - | - |
| altruists | 9 | - | - |
| aluminate | 11 | a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
| aluminide | 12 | - | - |
| aluminise | 11 | cover with aluminum | - |
| aluminize | 20 | cover with aluminum | - |
| aluminous | 11 | pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum | - |
| aluminums | 13 | - | - |
| alumroots | 11 | - | - |
| alumstone | 11 | - | - |
| alvearies | 12 | - | - |
| alveolars | 12 | - | - |
| alveolate | 12 | pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | - |
