7-letter words containing a, c, l
- kolacky — a sweet bun filled with jam or pulped fruit.
- kolchak — Aleksandr Vasilyevich [uh-lyi-ksahndr vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1920, Russian counterrevolutionary and admiral.
- l chain — Immunology. either of an identical pair of polypeptides in the antibody molecule that lie parallel to the upper parts of the heavy chain pair and are half the molecular weight.
- l'chaim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- labiche — Eugène Marin [œ-zhen ma-ran] /œˈʒɛn maˈrɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1815–88, French dramatist.
- lace up — anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.
- lace-up — anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.
- laceman — (dated) A male dealer in lace.
- lacerta — a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere, part of which is crossed by the Milky Way, lying between Cygnus and Andromeda
- lachine — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- lachish — a Canaanite city captured by Joshua: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- lachlan — a river in S New South Wales, Australia, flowing NW and SW to the Murrumbidgee River. 922 miles (1484 km) long.
- lachute — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- laciest — Superlative form of lacy.
- lacings — Plural form of lacing.
- lacinia — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- lackers — Plural form of lacker.
- lacketh — Archaic third-person singular form of lack.
- lackeys — Plural form of lackey.
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- laconia — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- laconic — using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- lacoste — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquey — a servile follower; toady.
- lactary — of, relating to, or of the nature of milk.
- lactase — an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- lactate — to produce milk.
- lacteal — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lacunae — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacunal — of or relating to a lacuna.
- lacunar — Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
- lacunas — Plural form of lacuna.
- laennec — René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- laibach — German name of Ljubljana.
- laicism — the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- laicity — The principles, status, or influence of the laity.
- laicize — to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
- lamarck — Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de [zhahn ba-teest pyer ahn-twan duh maw-ne duh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pyɛr ɑ̃ˈtwan də mɔˈnɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1744–1829, French naturalist: pioneer in the field of comparative anatomy.
- lancers — a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- lanchow — a city in and the capital of Gansu province, in N China, on the Huang He.
- lancier — Synonym of lancer.
- lancing — a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- laocoon — Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- laodice — (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- laplace — Pierre Simon [pyer see-mawn] /pyɛr siˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Marquis de, 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician.
- larceny — the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.