8-letter words containing la
- jillaroo — (Australia) A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- jugulate — to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
- kabbalah — a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
- kalahari — a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- kalamata — Kalamata olive.
- kalamdan — a Persian pen-box
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- kalevala — (italics) the national epic of Finland (1835, enlarged 1849), compiled and arranged by Elias Lönnrot from popular lays of the Middle Ages.
- katalase — catalase.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
- kelantan — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- khalasis — Plural form of khalasi.
- killable — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- killadar — a fort commander or governor
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
- kirkland — Jack, 1901–69, U.S. writer and playwright.
- klaipeda — a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.
- klansman — a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.
- kola nut — a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- la ceiba — a seaport in N Honduras.
- la farge — John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.
- la habra — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- la hague — Cape, a cape in NW France, in the English Channel near Cherbourg: the NW extremity of the Cotentin Peninsula.
- la hogue — La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
- la jolla — a resort area in San Diego, in S California.
- la linea — a seaport in S Spain, near Gibraltar.
- la palma — a city in SW California.
- la plata — a seaport in E Argentina.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- la rioja — a city in W Argentina.
- la salle — (René) Robert Cavelier [ruh-ney raw-ber ka-vuh-lyey] /rəˈneɪ rɔˈbɛr ka vəˈlyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1643–87, French explorer of North America.
- la scala — the chief opera house in Italy, in Milan (opened 1776)
- la tuque — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- la verne — a town in S California.
- la-chute — French La Chute. a novel (1957) by Albert Camus.
- la-de-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- laaities — Plural form of laaitie.
- lab book — a notebook used to note down experiments, hypotheses, etc, of the kind that may be carried out or formed in a laboratory
- lab coat — long white garment worn in laboratory
- labarums — Plural form of labarum.