7-letter words containing la
- enolase — (enzyme) A metalloenzyme responsible for the catalysis of phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate during glycolysis.
- enolate — (chemistry) any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone.
- enplane — Go or put on board an aircraft.
- enslave — Make (someone) a slave.
- epilate — To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.
- epulary — of or relating to feasting
- erlangs — Plural form of erlang.
- escolar — A large, elongated predatory fish occurring in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world.
- esolang — esoteric programming language
- étalage — a display
- euclase — a brittle green gem
- excelan — Manufacturers of intelligent Ethernet cards. Software and addresses are down-loadable. The cards have their own RAM for buffers.
- exclaim — Cry out suddenly, esp. in surprise, anger, or pain.
- exclame — Obsolete form of exclaim.
- exclave — A portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory.
- exempla — Irregular plural form of exemplum.
- explain — Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
- explant — Transfer (living cells, tissues, or organs) from animals or plants to a nutrient medium.
- eyelash — Each of the short curved hairs growing on the edges of the eyelids, serving to protect the eyes from dust particles.
- f layer — the highest of the radio-reflective ionospheric layers, beginning at an altitude of about 80 miles (130 km) and consisting of two parts, the lower part (F layer) being detectable in the daytime only, the higher (F layer or Appleton layer) being constant and constituting the ionospheric layer most favorable for long-range radio communication.
- fabular — of or relating to a story, novel, or the like written in the form of a fable.
- faculae — Plural form of facula.
- fal-lal — a useless piece of finery or frippery
- falafel — a small croquette made with ground chickpeas or fava beans and spices, often served with salad and tahini in pita bread.
- falange — the official state political party in Spain from 1936 until disbandment in 1977.
- falasha — a member of an Ethiopian people who speak a Hamitic language and who practice a form of Judaism.
- falbala — a furbelow or puckered flounce for decorating dresses in the 17th century.
- falcula — (plural only) The falx cerebelli.
- fallacy — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- fallals — (colloquial, dated) ornaments; trinkets; frippery.
- familar — Misspelling of familiar.
- faunula — the fauna of a small single environment
- favelas — Plural form of favela.
- favella — (in certain red algae) a cystocarp covered by a gelatinous envelope.
- feculae — Plural form of fecula.
- felafel — a small croquette made with ground chickpeas or fava beans and spices, often served with salad and tahini in pita bread.
- fellate — to perform fellatio on.
- fenland — a low area of marshy ground.
- fibulae — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fibular — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fibulas — Plural form of fibula.
- filacer — (in former times) a legal officer of the British superior courts
- filaree — Any plant of the species of Erodium.
- filaria — any small, threadlike roundworm of the family Filariidae and related families, carried as a larva by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates.
- filasse — any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- findlay — a city in NW Ohio.
- finland — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- fistula — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- flaccid — soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps.
- flacked — Simple past tense and past participle of flack.