ALDER

“ALDER” is a valid word.

6 Scrabble points

7 Words with Friends

5 letters

Definition

wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

realany rational or irrational number
deala particular instance of buying or selling
deara beloved person; used as terms of endearment
readsomething that is read
leadan advantage held by a competitor in a race
darea challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
earla British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
dalean open river valley (in a hilly area)
learBritish artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
lardsoft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
laderemove with or as if with a ladle
ralea rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

area unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
redred color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
leddiode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
earthe sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
lada boy or man
del
eraa period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
alea general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
leaa unit of length of thread or yarn
rada unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
dala metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
lar
elda late time of life

laa white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
era trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
dea Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
ala silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
edimpotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
rea rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
elangular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
ada public promotion of some product or service
ara colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
ae