5-letter words containing la
- lassu — the slow section of a csárdás folk dance
- lassy — Chiefly Scots Variant of lassie.
- lasts — occurring or coming after all others, as in time, order, or place: the last line on a page.
- latah — a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
- latam — Latin America
- latch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lated — belated.
- laten — to (cause to) become late
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lates — Plural form of late.
- latex — a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- lathe — a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathi — a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- laths — Plural form of lath.
- lathy — lathlike; long and thin.
- latin — an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- latka — Alternative spelling of latke.
- latke — a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- laton — Alternative form of latten.
- latte — Also called caffè latte [kaf-ey lah-tey; Italian kahf-fe laht-te] /ˈkæf eɪ ˈlɑ teɪ; Italian ˈkɑf fɛ ˈlɑt tɛ/ (Show IPA). hot espresso with steamed milk, usually topped with foamed milk.
- latus — (medicine) Flank.
- lauan — Philippine mahogany.
- lauda — Niki (ˈnɪki). born 1949, Austrian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1975, 1977, 1984
- lauds — to praise; extol.
- laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laund — an open grassy space
- laura — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “laurel.”.
- laure — (language) A language for knowledge representation combining object-oriented features and logic programming. It has set operations, object-oriented exception handling and a polymorphic type system.
- laval — a department in W France. 2012 sq. mi. (5210 sq. km). Capital: Laval.
- lavas — Plural form of lava.
- laved — to wash; bathe.
- laver — Rod(ney George) born 1938, Australian tennis player.
- laves — to wash; bathe.
- lavvy — (Scotland) lavatory; toilet.
- lawed — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lawer — Obsolete form of lawyer.
- lawes — Henry ("Harry") 1596–1662, English composer.
- lawin — a bill or reckoning
- lawks — an expression of surprise or dismay
- lawly — Pertaining to or adhering to the law; lawful; legal.
- lawns — Plural form of lawn.
- lawny — a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.
- laxed — (phonetics) Of a vowel: made lax.
- laxer — Comparative form of lax.
- laxly — not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
- layby — Alternative spelling of lay-by.
- layed — (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of lay.
- layer — protocol layer
- layin — the act of dropping the ball into the basket while airborne
- layup — the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies: the lay of the land.