8-letter words containing la
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- laybacks — Plural form of layback.
- layerage — layering
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- layettes — Plural form of layette.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- laystall — a place where waste and dung is deposited
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- lazarist — Vincentian (def 1).
- laziness — lazy evaluation
- lazuline — having the color of lapis lazuli.
- lazulite — an azure-blue mineral, hydrous magnesium iron aluminum phosphate, (FeMg)Al 2 P 2 O 8 (OH) 2 .
- lazurite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate and sulfide, Na 5 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 S 3 , occurring in deep-blue crystals, used for ornamental purposes.
- lazy bed — (in parts of Scotland and Ireland, formerly) a patch in which potatoes were cultivated by laying them on the surface and covering them with kelp and with soil from a trench on either side of the bed
- lazy eye — the deviating eye in strabismus.
- lazy guy — a rope or light tackle for keeping a boom from swinging.
- lazy sml — Lazy Standard ML
- lekgotla — a meeting place for village assemblies, court cases, and meetings of village leaders
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- llandaff — a town in SE Wales, now a suburb of Cardiff; the oldest bishopric in Wales (6th century)
- llanelli — an industrial town in S Wales, in SE Carmarthenshire on an inlet of Carmarthen Bay. Pop: 46 357 (2001)
- llanelly — a seaport in Dyfed, in S Wales.
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- lovelace — Richard, 1618–56, English poet.
- loveland — a city in N Colorado.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- lucullan — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lylafklc — (chat) Love you like a fat kid loves cake.
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- maclaren — Ian [ee-uh n,, ahy-uh n] /ˈi ən,, ˈaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), Watson, John.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- macushla — darling.
- magelang — a city on central Java, in Indonesia.
- magellan — Ferdinand, c1480–1521, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Straits of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines 1521.
- mahallah — A subdivision or neighborhood in various Arabic-speaking countries.
- mailable — legally acceptable as mail, as in terms of content, size, or weight.
- mailclad — Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour.
- maillart — Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1872–1940, Swiss engineer.
- mainland — the largest of the Shetland Islands. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
- maitland — Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- maladapt — To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malagasy — a member of any of various peoples native to the island of Madagascar.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.