9-letter words containing la
- alabastos — alabastron.
- alackaday — alack
- alalagmos — a war-cry used by the ancient Greeks, said to have been invented by Pan
- alamannic — the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany. Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- alan bean — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- alappuzha — a port in SW Kerala, in S India, on the Arabian Sea.
- alarmable — able or prone to be alarmed or disturbed
- alarmedly — in an alarmed manner
- alarmists — Plural form of alarmist.
- alfilaria — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, native to Europe, with finely divided leaves and small pink or purplish flowers. It is widely naturalized in North America and is used as fodder
- alkylated — Simple past tense and past participle of alkylate.
- allahabad — a city in N India, in SE Uttar Pradesh at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers: Hindu pilgrimage centre. Pop: 990 298 (2001)
- allamanda — any of several tropical American shrubs or woody vines belonging to the genus Allamanda, of the dogbane family, having showy yellow or purple flowers, and often used for ornamental plantings.
- allantoic — of or in the allantois
- allantoid — relating to or resembling the allantois
- allantoin — a substance derived from the secretions of snails and contained in some plants, used in skin care products and valued for its soothing properties
- allantois — a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta
- allayment — an abatement, moderation or alleviation
- alloplasm — part of the cytoplasm that is specialized to form cilia, flagella, and similar structures
- altiplano — a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10 000 ft) to 3900 m (13 000 ft)
- alveolate — having many alveoli
- ambarella — Otaheite apple.
- ambipolar — (of plasmas and semiconductors) involving both positive and negative charge carriers
- ambulacra — Plural form of ambulacrum.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of ambulate.
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- ambulator — a person who walks
- ampullary — Of or pertaining to an ampulla.
- ampullate — Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
- ampullula — a small ampulla.
- amygdalae — Plural form of amygdala.
- analagous — Misspelling of analogous, common other spelling.
- anaplasia — reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler less differentiated form
- anaplasic — Of or pertaining to anaplasia.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angularly — In an angular manner.
- angulated — Simple past tense and past participle of angulate.
- annularly — In an annular manner.
- annulated — Having rings.
- anovulant — any drug preventing ovulation
- antiblack — showing discrimination against Black people
- antiglare — Acting to reduce or combat glare.
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
- antiplant — Designed to kill plants; herbicidal.
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.