4-letter words containing la
- lamb — Charles ("Elia") 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
- lame — an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
- lamp — any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lams — Plural form of lam.
- lamy — John Baptist (Jean Baptiste l'Amy) 1814–88, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, born in France: archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico 1875–88.
- lana — a female given name, form of Helen.
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- lane — a male given name.
- lang — Andrew, 1844–1912, Scottish poet, prose writer, and scholar.
- lank — (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
- lanl — Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
- lant — Aged urine.
- lanx — (in ancient Rome) a large dish or plate
- laon — a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- laos — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lap4 — Early assembly language for Linc-8 machine.
- lapb — Link Access Protocol Balanced
- lapd — 1. Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. Los Angeles Police Department.
- lapm — Link Access Protocol for Modems
- lapp — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- laps — the act of lapping liquid.
- lara — Brian Charles. born 1969,Trinidadian cricketer: scored 11,953 runs in 131 test matches (1990–2006) for the West Indies; holder of records for highest individual score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire, 1994) and for highest test innings (400 not out against England, 2004)
- larb — A popular Laotian or Thai spicy diced-meat salad with ground, chopped, or minced meat and vegetables.
- larc — long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception): the use of LARCs such as the intrauterine device, or IUD.
- lard — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lare — (obsolete) lore; learning.
- lari — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lark — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- larn — (Northern England) especially (Geordie) To teach or to learn.
- larp — a type of role-playing game in which each participant assumes a particular character and acts out various scenarios at events which last for a predetermined time
- lars — a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lart — Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool
- lasa — a city in and the capital of Tibet, in the SE part: sacred city of Lamaism. About 12,000 feet (3650 meters) above sea level.
- lase — to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- lask — Diarrhoea (now only of animals).
- lass — a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lat. — latitude
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lath — a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- lati — latissimus dorsi.
- lats — a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- latu — an edible Asian seaweed, Caulerpa racemosa, with small green berry-like capsules
- latv — Latvia
- laud — to praise; extol.
- laue — Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lauf — a run in bobsleighing
- lauk — (British, dialectal, obsolete) altform lawks.
- lava — the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.