8-letter words containing la
- charlady — a charwoman
- chartula — charta (def 2).
- chelated — (chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates.
- chelates — Plural form of chelate.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chiclayo — a city in NW Peru. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- chillada — a kind of fried patty
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- circular — Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- clachans — Plural form of clachan.
- clackbox — the casing enclosing a clack
- clackers — any of various percussion toys consisting of balls or blocks joined by a cord.
- clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
- clacking — Present participle of clack.
- claddagh — Irish ring
- cladding — Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- claimant — A claimant is someone who is receiving money from the state because they are unemployed or they are unable to work because they are ill.
- claiming — to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to: to claim payment for services.
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clamancy — urgency
- clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- clambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber.
- clamlike — any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clammers — Plural form of clammer.
- clammily — In a clammy manner.
- clamming — Present participle of clam.
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamorer — Alternative spelling of clamourer.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clampers — Plural form of clamper.
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- clamworm — any of several burrowing polychaete worms of the genus Nereis, used as bait for fishing.
- clangbox — a device fitted to a jet-engine to change the direction of thrust
- clangers — Plural form of clanger.
- clanging — a clanging sound.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clanking — a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other: the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.
- clanless — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clansman — Clansmen are people who are members of the same clan.
- clansmen — Irregular plural form of clansman.