13-letter words containing la
- grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
- guerrilla gig — an impromptu musical performance in an unlikely public space, such as an underground train or on the roof of a building, organized by text-message communication between the band and its fans
- guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- hanging plant — a plant that grows downwards or hangs, often from a hanging basket or a high surface
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heptasyllable — a word or line of verse of seven syllables.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hot chocolate — warm drink made with chocolate powder
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperpolarize — to increase the difference in electric potential across (a cell membrane).
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- hypsophyllary — relating to a hypsophyll
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- ideal gas law — the law that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant.
- implacability — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implantations — Plural form of implantation.
- in particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- in sb's place — If you say what you would have done in someone else's place, you say what you would have done if you had been in their situation and had been experiencing what they were experiencing.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- inassimilable — That cannot be assimilated.
- indecency law — the law relating to indecency
- inelaborately — not in an elaborate fashion, in a way lacking elaboration
- inelastically — In an inelastic way.
- inequilateral — not equilateral; having unequal sides.
- inexplainable — not explainable; incapable of being explained; inexplicable.
- inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
- inflammations — Plural form of inflammation.
- inflatability — The quality of being inflatable.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- inland empire — a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, E of the Cascade Mountains, in E Washington, NE Oregon, N Idaho, and NW Montana.