8-letter words containing l, a, s
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- lactates — Plural form of lactate.
- lacteals — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- laggards — Plural form of laggard.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- lamasery — a monastery of lamas.
- lambaste — to beat or whip severely.
- lambasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambast.
- lamberts — Plural form of lambert.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- lameness — crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- lamister — lamster.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- lampless — Without a lamp or lamps; unlit.
- lampoons — Plural form of lampoon.
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- lancings — Plural form of lancing.
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- landings — Plural form of landing.
- landless — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landmass — a part of the continental crust above sea level having a distinct identity, as a continent or large island.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- landskip — landscape.
- landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- landsmal — Nynorsk.
- landsman — Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- langosta — spiny lobster.
- langshan — one of a breed of large, black or white, white-skinned Asiatic domestic chickens, having a single comb and feathered shanks and producing dark-brown eggs.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- langston — John Mercer, 1829–97, U.S. public official, diplomat, and educator.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- laniards — Plural form of laniard.