10-letter words containing la
- articulary — (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- articulate — If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
- arylamines — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- asiadollar — a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to Asian banks and used in the money markets of the region.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- assailable — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assailants — Plural form of assailant.
- assemblage — An assemblage of people or things is a collection of them.
- assibilate — (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
- assimilate — When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
- assimulate — (obsolete) To assimilate.
- astrolabes — Plural form of astrolabe.
- astrolatry — a reverence for, devotion to, or deification of celestial objects
- aufklarung — the Enlightenment, esp in Germany
- auriculate — having ears
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autoclaves — Plural form of autoclave.
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- avalanched — Simple past tense and past participle of avalanche.
- avalanches — Plural form of avalanche.
- avellaneda — a city in E Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires. Pop: 328 980 (2001)
- avicularia — Plural form of avicularium.
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- axillaries — Anatomy, Ornithology. pertaining to the axilla.
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- babo's law — the law stating that the vapour pressure of a solution is reduced in proportion to the amount of solute added
- back slang — a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backlashes — Plural form of backlash.
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- baha'ullah — title of Mirza Hosein Ali. 1817–92, Persian religious leader: originally a Shiite Muslim, later a disciple of the Bab; founder of the Baha'í Faith
- baker lake — a lake in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 975 sq. mi. (2525 sq. km).
- balaclavas — Plural form of balaclava.
- balalaikas — Plural form of balalaika.
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- balladeers — Plural form of balladeer.
- ballantyne — R(obert) M(ichael). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballplayer — A ballplayer is a baseball player.
- bananaland — Queensland.
- banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)