12-Letter Words Matching __A________L

There are 19 12-letter words that match __A________L. 5 are common words, such as GLADIATORIAL and QUARTERFINAL. A rarer one is TRANSNATURAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 19

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Words
19 (5 common words)
Common example
gladiatorial
Rare example
transnatural
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (18)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching __a________l are there?

19. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

GLADIATORIAL is among the common words in this set.