5-Letter Words Starting With AL

Here's the list of all the 89 5-Letter Words Starting With AL in the English Language.

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along
1. with a forward motion
2. in accompaniment or as a companion
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album
1. one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
2. a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
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allow
1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
2. consent to, give permission; permit
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alone
1. isolated from others
2. lacking companions or companionship
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alert
1. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
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alpha
1. the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
2. the beginning of a series or sequence
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alarm
1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
2. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
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alive
1. possessing life
2. having life or vigor or spirit
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alien
1. transfer property or ownership
2. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
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alter
1. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
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alias
1. a name that has been assumed
2. as known or named at another time or place
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alike
1. having the same or similar characteristics
2. equally
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align
1. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
2. be or come into adjustment with
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alloy
1. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
2. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
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alley
1. a narrow street with walls on both sides
2. a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
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aloud
1. using the voice; not silently
2. with relatively high volume
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altar
1. the table in Christian churches where communion is given
2. a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
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aloha
1. an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
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algae
1. primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
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alder
1. wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
2. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
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aleph
1. the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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alkyl
1. any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
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allis
1. European shad
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algal
1. of or relating to alga
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aloft
1. at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
2. upward
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alibi
1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
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allot
1. give out
2. allow to have
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aloof
1. remote in manner
2. in an aloof manner
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aline
1. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
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allay
1. lessen the intensity of or calm
2. satisfy (thirst)
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allyl
1. the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene
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alkyd
1. a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints
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5-Letter Words Starting With AL