You don't think Ungoliante was a spirit? That's funny.
She was originally discarnate as evidenced by the fact that she is stated to have descended
into Arda (the created physical world) from outside (where all things are necessarily incorporeal). She eventually took physical form since she is stated to have produced offspring.
If she was an Ainu, she was an eala.
If you believe she existed as Tolkien describes, she was an eala. No two ways about it.
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It seems from this that these 'evil 'ealar' were the Balrogs only.
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No, the definition of
eala is clearly quoted above.