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— English words —

• ala n. (Anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
• ala n. (Botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain…
• ala n. (Architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.
• ala prep. (Colloquial) Alternative form of a la.
• Ala prop.n. Alternative spelling of Ala.
• ALA n. Initialism of alpha linolenic acid.
• ALA prop.n. Initialism of American Library Association.
• ALA prop.n. Initialism of Acacia Leadership Academy.
• ALA prop.n. Initialism of the Atlas of Living Australia.
• Ala. prop.n. Abbreviation of Alabama.
• a␣la prep. In the style or manner of.
• à␣la prep. Alternative form of a la.

— International convention —

• Ala n. (Biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of alanine.
• ALA sym. (International standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Åland since 2004.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afar
  • ala n. Animal, wild animal.
  • ala n. European, white person (clarification of this definition is needed).
  • ala n. Female camel.
• Asturian
  • ala n. Fin.
• Asturian - Galician - Mirandese - Occitan - Papiamentu - Sicilian
  • ala n. Wing.
• Azerbaijani
  • ala adj. Variegated.
  • ala adj. (Poetic) blue (of eyes).
  • ala n. Vitiligo (The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.).
  • ala interj. Dude.
• Bambara
  • Ala prop.n. God.
• Baoule
  • ala n. Iroko (Milicia excelsa, syn. Chlorophora excelsa).
• Basque
  • ala conj. Or (exclusive).
• Catalan
  • ala n. Wing (appendage that enables flight).
• Chickasaw
  • ala v. (Intransitive) to arrive, to come (I).
  • ala v. (Intransitive) to be born (I).
  • ala v. (Intransitive) to be here, to get here (I).
  • ala v. (Transitive) to come to, to arrive at (I;3).
• Crow
  • ala- pref. Derives nouns from verbs, meaning where or when the action takes place.
• Danish
  • a␣la prep. Alternative form of à la.
  • à␣la prep. A la.
• Estonian
  • ala n. Area, territory, region.
  • ala n. (In working life, in sciences) field.
  • ala n. (Business) branch.
• Estonian - Veps
  • ala- pref. Under-, lower, nether, sub-, inferior.
• Faroese
  • ala v. (Kvæði) to give birth to.
• Faroese - Norwegian nynorsk
  • ala v. To foster.
• Faroese - Old norse
  • ala v. To nourish.
  • ala v. To breed.
• Finnish
  • ala n. Area, field, domain (one’s field of expertise or activity).
  • ala n. (In working life, in sciences) field, discipline.
  • ala n. Industry, sector, branch (Business, studies, etc.).
  • ala n. (Mathematics) area.
  • ala n. (Archaic) underside.
  • ala v. Present active indicative connegative of alkaa.
  • ala v. Second-person singular present imperative of alkaa.
  • ala v. Second-person singular present active imperative connegative of alkaa.
  • älä v. Second-person singular imperative present of ei.
  • älä interj. Don’t!, stop!
  • älä interj. Wow, really?
  • älä interj. (Colloquial, indicates agreement on the preceding statement) tell me about it! I know, right?
  • älä interj. (Colloquial, sarcastic) you don’t say, (oh) really?
  • ala- pref. Under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior.
• Galician
  • alá adv. There.
• Hawaiian
  • ala n. Way, path, road.
• Hoyahoya
  • ala n. Grandfather.
• Hungarian
  • alá Under, underneath, below, beneath.
  • alá pron. Alternative form of alája.
  • alá n. (Education) minus (slightly worse result than the preceding grade).
  • alá- pref. (Verbal prefix) under.
• Icelandic
  • ala v. (With accusative) to bear, give birth to.
  • ala v. (With accusative) to foster.
  • ala v. (With accusative) to feed, nourish.
  • ala n. Indefinite genitive plural of alur.
  • ála n. Indefinite accusative/genitive plural of áll.
• Ido
  • -ala suff. Suffix used with a noun to make an adjective out of said noun; pertaining to, relating to, appropriate to.
• Igala
  • ala n. Sheep.
  • ala n. (Idiomatic, offensive) idiot, stupid person.
• Igbo
  • ala n. Earth, land, soil, ground.
• Indonesian
  • ala prep. (Colloquial) a la, in the style or manner of.
  • ala prep. On, over.
  • ala n. (Law) land with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.
  • ala adj. High.
• Ingrian
  • ala- pref. Under-, sub-.
• Irish
  • ala n. Only used in phrases; see Derived terms below.
  • ála n. Inflection of áil (“request; desire, wish”)…
• Jarai - Rade
  • ala n. Snake.
• Javanese
  • ala adj. Bad.
  • ala adj. Ugly.
• Ladin
  • ala cont. At or to the (+ feminine singular noun).
• Latvian
  • ala n. Cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside).
  • ala n. Burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits).
  • alā n. Locative singular form of ala.
• Laz
  • ala conj. Latin spelling of ალა.
• Livonian
  • alā v. Second person singular imperative form of the negation verb.
  • alā adv. Downwards.
  • alā Down, downwards.
• Malagasy
  • ala n. Forest.
  • ala adv. Without; freed from; removed from.
• Malay
  • ala prep. Like.
  • ala prep. According to.
  • ala prep. On.
• Mandarin
  • ālā rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阿拉.
  • Ālā rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阿拉.
• Mirandese
  • ala n. (Nautical) sail.
• Navajo
  • álaʼ n. Hand.
  • álaʼ n. (Rare) finger.
• North wahgi
  • ala n. Mistake.
• Northern kurdish
  • ala n. Alternative form of al (“flag, banner”).
• Northern ndebele - Southern ndebele - Swazi - Xhosa
  • ala v. To refuse.
• Northern sami
  • ala adv. Over.
  • ala adv. On, on top.
  • ala Over.
  • ala On, onto, on top of.
• Norwegian bokmål
  • à␣la prep. À la (in the style or manner of).
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk - Polish
  • a␣la prep. Alternative spelling of à la.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • ala n. Definite plural of al.
  • ålå v. (Dialectal, Trøndelag, Gudbrandsdal) alternative form of ala (“to foster”).
  • à␣la prep. A la, in the style of, manner of.
• Old high german
  • ala n. Awl.
• Old norse
  • ala v. To produce.
  • ala v. To testify.
  • ala n. Indefinite genitive plural of alr.
• Old saxon
  • ala- pref. Very, all.
• Old spanish
  • ala n. Wing (limb).
  • ala cont. (Followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the.
  • ala cont. (Followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the.
• Polish
  • ala n. (Historical, Ancient Rome) ala (Roman allied military unit).
  • Ala prop.n. A diminutive of the female given name Alicja.
  • Ala prop.n. A diminutive of the female given name Alina.
  • ała interj. Alternative spelling of aua.
  • -ała suff. Forms persons of either gender.
  • à␣la prep. A la [+nominatinve = a la what].
• Pukapukan
  • ala n. Path, way, lane, track.
• Pumpokol
  • ála n. Field.
• Romanian
  • ală n. Alternative form of ala.
  • ăla det. (Informal) that.
  • ăla pron. (Informal) that one.
• Romansch
  • ala n. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) wing.
  • ala n. Mouldboard.
• Serbo-croatian
  • ala adv. (Used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
  • ala adj. Piebald, spotted.
  • ala n. Dragon, type of mythical creature similar to dragon.
• Sranan tongo
  • ala pron. Everything.
• Swahili
  • ala n. Tool, instrument.
  • ala n. Sheath, scabbard.
• Swedish
  • åla v. To crawl, to worm, to eel.
• Tagalog
  • ala interj. (Dialectal) expressing negation or disapproval, or sometimes agreement, depending on the tenor of expression.
  • ala n. (Uncommon) wing.
  • ala n. (Architecture) extension of building sideways.
  • ala pron. Alternative form of wala.
  • ala adj. Alternative form of wala.
  • Ala prop.n. (Islam) Allah.
• Tocharian a - Tocharian b
  • ālā- v. Alternative form of āl- (“to restrain”).
• Tokelauan
  • ala n. Path, road.
  • ala n. Reason, cause.
  • ala n. Method, way.
  • ala n. Transport.
  • ala n. Working section of a mat.
  • ala n. (Euphemistic) rectum.
  • ala v. (Transitive) to result from.
  • ala v. (Stative) to be awake.
  • ala v. (Stative) to be accurate.
  • ala v. (Stative) to be sharp.
  • ala v. (Stative, of watercraft) to be close to the wind.
• Turkish
  • ala adj. Multicolored, pied, variegated.
  • ala adj. Clipping of alabalık (“trout”).
  • Ala prop.n. A male given name.
  • Ala prop.n. A female given name.
  • âlâ adj. (Partly dated) fine, good, nice.
• Uneapa
  • ala v. To know.
• Venetian
  • ała n. Wing (all senses).
• Veps
  • ala v. Second-person singular imperative of ei.
  • ala v. Do not.
• Vietnamese
  • A-la prop.n. (Islam) Allah.
• Westrobothnian
  • ala n. Harness strap; the strap pulled through the shaft and wherein the harness peg is inserted.
• Yoruba
  • ala n. Purity, white cloth, a symbol of the god Ọbàtálá.
  • ala n. Dream, vision.
• Yámana
  • ala v. Drink.
• Zazaki
  • Ala prop.n. Allah.
• Zulu
  • ala v. To deny, refuse, decline.
  • ala v. To forbid.
  • ala v. To reject.
  • ala v. To refuse give [+ na- (object)].
  • ala v. To hate, detest.

— English words, defined in French —

• ala n. Aile (d’un insecte).
• ALA n. (Biochimie) (Indénombrable) α-linolenic acid (acide α-linolénique).
• a␣la prép. À la manière de.
• à␣la prép. À la manière de.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• ala s. (Zoologia) asa.
• ala s. (Anatomia) asa, parte de um osso com o formato aproximado de uma asa.
• ala s. (Anatomia) parte alar do músculo nasal.
• ala s. (Botânica) borda achatada de alguns caules, frutas e sementes.
• ala s. (Botânica) cada uma das pétalas laterais de certas flores da família da leguminosas.
• ala s. (Arquitetura) pequeno cômodo que dá passagem a um quarto maior ou ao pátio.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• ala s. Ala.
• a␣la agg. (Slang) pretenzioso.
• a␣la prep. Alla maniera di.

— In German —

• Ala Abk. Chemie: Abkürzung für Alanin, eine Aminosäure.
• à␣la in der Art von, nach der Art von, im Stil von.

— In Dutch —

• à␣la voeg. Zoals, op de manier van, te vergelijken met.

— In Latin —

• ala n.subs. √ Pars avis, qui volatur.
• ala n.subs. Latus exercitus.
• ala n.subs. (Mil.) ordo seu turma equitum in antiquo ordine aciei Romanae.
• Ala n.prop. Oppidum in Virtembergia caput circuli administrativi.

— In French —

• ala n.m. Dix-neuvième et dernier mois du calendrier bahaï, correspondant…
• Ala n.prop. (Géographie) Commune d’Italie de la province de Trente…
• ALA n.m. (Biochimie) (Indénombrable) Acide α-linolénique.
• à␣la art.f. (Devant un syntagme nominal féminin) Préposition à et…
• à␣la prép. (Par ellipse) (devant un adjectif féminin) À la manière…
• à␣la prép. (Par ellipse) (devant un nom propre) À la manière de ;…

— In Spanish —

• ala s. Zootomía. Las alas son extremidades o apéndices que poseen…
• ala s. Aeronáutica. un cuerpo de perfil aerodinámico capaz de generar…
• ala s. Extensión de la parte principal de un edificio.
• ala s. Parte que sobresale de un tejado para resguardarlo de la lluvia.
• ala s. Borde saliente de algo, especialmente de un sombrero.
• ala s. Movimiento político, especialmente si se aparta de la corriente…
• ala s. Axila.
• Ala abr. Biología. Abreviatura de alanina.
• Alá s. Religión. Deidad única y todopoderosa en que cree el islam.
• Alá s. Religión. Nombre que dan al Dios de Abraham en los países…
• a␣la prep. En el estilo o forma de. ej: huevo a la inglesa.

— In Portuguese —

• ala s. Conjunto de objetos dispostos de maneira a formar uma linha.
• ala s. Subconjunto em um grupo de indivíduos (especialmente um partido…
• ala s. (Arquitetura) extensão do corpo principal de um prédio.
• ala s. (Militar) flanco das legiões de infantaria ou cavalaria.
• ala s. (Desporto) parte do campo de jogo ou da quadra próxima às…
• ala s. (Desporto) jogador que atua principalmente nesta faixa do…
• ala s. (Xadrez) cada uma das duas metades de um tabuleiro (dividido…
• ala s. (Zoologia e antigo) órgão responsável pelo voo em aves e insetos.
• ala v. Terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo alar.
• ala v. Segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo alar.
• alá adv. Lá, naquele tempo passado ou futuro.
• alá adv. Lá, naquele lugar, àquele lugar, ali. Adiante, além. Por…
• Alá s. (Islamismo) termo em língua árabe para designar a divindade…

— In Italian —

• ala s. (Biologia) (zoologia) (anatomia) (fisiologia) formazione…
• ala s. (Archeologia) nell’antica Grecia, il portico del tempio…
• ala s. (Botanica) espansione membranacea che si trova su vari organi…
• ala s. (Edilizia) (architettura) parte di una costruzione che si…
• ala s. (Enciclopedia) nome di cose che ricordano la forma o la funzione…
• ala s. (Marina) passerella, disposta lateralmente al ponte di comando…
• ala s. (Militare) la parte estrema ai due lati.
• ala s. (Politica) esponenti di un partito politico che seguono un…
• ala s. (Sport) ruolo nel calcio e nella pallacanestro (offensivo).
• ala s. Serve per il sostentamento e la locomozione nell’aria ad…
• ala s. (Aeronautica) (meccanica) (tecnologia) (ingegneria) parte…
• ala s. (Scacchi) metà della scacchiera destra (ala di re) o sinistra…
• Ala n.prop. Nome proprio di persona femminile.

422 English words from 178 English definitions

abbreviation about Acacia Academy According According␣to accurate accusative acid action active activity adjective agreement À␣la Alabama Åland alanine Alina all Allah allied alpha alpha␣linolenic␣acid alr alternative American anatomic Anatomy ancient Ancient␣Rome and animal animals appendage appropriate Archaic Architecture area arrive arrive␣at Association Atlas aua Australia awake awe Awl Bad banner bear be␣awake be␣born below beneath between Biochemistry birth blue bone border born Botany branch breed building Burrow Business camel cause Cave cavity certain clarification cliff Clipping close close␣to close␣to␣the␣wind cloth code Colloquial come come␣to connegative country country␣code courtyard crawl creature dated decline Definite definition den deny depending depending␣on Derived Derives descendants desire detest Dialectal diminutive disapproval discipline dismay domain don Down downwards dragon Dream Drink Dude dwelling Earth Education eel either emphasis enables especially etc Euphemistic European Everything exclusive exits expertise expressing expression extension eyes face feed female feminine field Fin fine finger flag flattened flight Followed Followed␣by for forbid Forest form formed Forms foster freed from fruits gender genitive get give give␣birth given given␣name god good grade Grandfather ground Hand Hanyu Hanyu␣Pinyin harness hate have here High hillside Historical hole Idiomatic idiot I␣know imperative Indefinite indicates indicative Industry inferior Inflection Informal Initialism inserted instrument intensifier International in␣that in␣the␣face␣of into Intransitive Iroko Islam ISO IUPAC know lair land lane larger Latin Law Leadership letter Library life Like limb linolenic linolenic␣acid Living Locative loss lower main make male manner many mat Mathematics meaning Method military minus Mistake Mouldboard Multicolored mythical name Nautical needed negation nether nice not noun nouns nourish object of␣a offensive one Only on␣the onto on␣top on␣top␣of opening out out␣of over owner part Partly patchy path peg person persons pertaining petals phrases Piebald pied pigmentation Pinyin place plural Poetic preceding prefix present process produce pulled pulled␣through Purity Rare reading really Reason rectum refuse region reject relating removed request restrain result right rights road rocks Roman Rome room Rumantsch said sail sarcastic say scabbard sciences Second Second␣person Second-person␣singular section sector see seeds senses shaft sharp Sheath Sheep side sideways similar since singular skin slightly small small␣room Snake soil some sometimes space spelling spotted standards statement Stative stems still stop strap studies stupid style sub- Suffix Surmiran surprise Sursilvan symbol syn takes takes␣place tell tell␣me␣about␣it tenor terms territory testify than that that␣one the There this through to␣come Tool top to␣the toward track Transitive Transport trout two type Ugly Uncommon under underground underneath underside unit used variegated verb Verbal verbs Very vision Vitiligo watercraft way what when where wherein white wild wild␣animal wind wing winglike wish with Without working working␣life worm worse Wow you

72 English words from 63 foreign definitions

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5 foreign words from 178 English definitions

alur excelsa Milicia Sutsilvan Vallader

208 foreign words from 63 foreign definitions

Abkürzung Abreviatura achatada acide acide␣α-linolénique Adiante adjectif aerodinámico Aeronáutica Aile À␣la␣manière␣de alanina além alguns ali Aminosäure anatomia antica antigo aparta apéndices aproximado àquele árabe Archeologia architettura Arquitetura asa Axila bahaï Biochimie Biología borda Borde Botânica cada calcio calendrier capaz cavalaria certas Chemie comando cômodo corpo correspondant corriente costruzione cree cuerpo Deidad de␣la della de␣perfil designar Desporto destra devant Dios di␣persona disposta dividido divindade Dix-neuvième edificio Edilizia eine espansione especialmente esponenti estilo estrema extensão Extensión extremidades faixa família féminin femminile fisiologia flanco flores forma formar formato formazione frutas funzione für futuro generar Géographie Grecia grupo imperativo Indénombrable indicativo indivíduos infantaria ingegneria inglesa insecte insetos islam Islamismo Italie jogador jogo lateralmente lati leguminosas língua lluvia locomozione los lugar maior maneira manier maniera manière meccanica metà Militare mois Movimiento músculo nach naquele nel nell nella nesta neuvième Nombre Nome␣proprio nom␣propre objetos offensivo ordine organi órgão osso países pallacanestro partito passagem passerella pátio pelo pequeno perfil pessoa Politica político ponte Por poseen prédio Préposition presente presente␣do␣indicativo pretenzioso principalmente proprio próxima qui Religión responsável ricordano ruolo saliente Scacchi scacchiera Segunda Segunda␣pessoa seguono sementes seu sinistra sobresale sostentamento Stil Subconjunto syntagme syntagme␣nominal tabuleiro tecnologia tejado tempio Terceira Terceira␣pessoa termo todopoderosa Trente trova turma uma una única verbo vergelijken von voo Xadrez Zoals zoologia Zootomía

420 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

alae alæ Alai Alam alan Alan ALAN alap alar Alar alas Alas. alay alaap Alabi alack Alaia Al␣Ain Alais alala Alala alamo Alamo Alams Alana aland Aland Åland alane alang Alani alans Alans alant alapa alaph alaps ALARA alarm ALARP alary alate Alava Álava Alavi Alawa Alawi Alaya alays alaaps +370 words

6614 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Balan balao balas calas Calas calay dalal Dalal falaj fa-las galah Galan galas Galas Galax Galaz Halab halal halas halau jalap Kalal kalam kalan Kalao Kalas Kalat la-las la-la-s malae malai Malak Malam Malan malar malas malax Malax Malay Malay. nalas palae palae- palæ- palak palar palas Palas palau Palau +6564 words

300 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Bala Cala dala Fala fa-la gala Gala hala IALA Kala lala Lala la-la mala nala Nala pala Pala sala tala Yala alala Alala amala Amala apala Ayala Biała Buala Duala Frala Igala ilala imala Itala jhala koala Koala M.D.␣Ala. Moala Ndala N.D.␣Ala. Ngala Nuala nyala Ocala Ofala saala scala Scala +250 words

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ala Ala ALA Ala. a␣la à␣la

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

aal Aal AAL

110 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

AAAL A.A.A.L. AABL AACL AAFL aals AALS -acal Adal agal alae alæ Alai Alam alan Alan ALAN alap alar Alar alas Alas. alay alba Alba Alda alfa Alfa alga Alia Alla alma Alma ALMA ALSA alta Alta Alta. Alt-A ALUA Alva Alxa Amal amla anal Anal anal. aqal Aqal Aral +60 words

31 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aa Aa AA āā a'a a-a a/a a/A A-a A&A A/A a.a. A.A. A␣&␣A al Al AL Ål -al al- a.l. &␣al. la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A.

138 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

aaa AAA AA&A A.A.A. aa␣&␣a aba Aba ABA A.B.A. ACA Ada ADA A.D.A. A.␣D.␣A. AEA AFA aga Aga AGA aha AHA a-ha aia AIA Aja AJA aka Aka AKA a/k/a a.k.a. A.K.A. alb Alb. alc ALC ale Ale Alf ALF 'alf alg ALG Alg. Ali ali- ALJ A.L.J. alk ALK alk- alk. all ALL -all all- alm ALM Aln Alo alp ALP alr ALR als Als ALs ALS al's alt Alt ALT alt- alt. Alt. alu ALU Aly ama Ama AMA ana Ana ANA -ana ana- AoA AOA apa APA aqa AQA ara Ara ARA Asa ASA Ata ATA âta -ata (+37 words)

31 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

aa Aa AA āā a'a a-a a/a a/A A-a A&A A/A a.a. A.A. A␣&␣A al Al AL Ål -al al- a.l. &␣al. la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A.

22 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

alba Alba Alda alfa Alfa alga Alia Alla alma Alma ALMA ALSA alta Alta Alta. Alt-A ALUA Alva Alxa amla Arla aula

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