9-letter words containing la
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- go to law — If you go to law, you go to court in order to get a legal judgment on a dispute.
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- goodfella — a gangster, esp one in the Mafia
- goslarite — hydrated zinc sulphate
- goulashes — Plural form of goulash.
- granulary — granular
- granulate — to form into granules or grains.
- grassland — an area, as a prairie, in which the natural vegetation consists largely of perennial grasses, characteristic of subhumid and semiarid climates.
- gratulant — expressing gratification; congratulatory.
- gratulate — to hail with joy; express joy at.
- gray lady — a female worker in the American Red Cross who serves as a volunteer aide in medical services.
- greenland — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- greenlawn — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- gremolata — A paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
- grillages — Plural form of grillage.
- grossular — Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
- guanylate — (biochemistry) any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
- guatemala — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guillaume — Charles Édouard [French sharl ey-dwar] /French ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, Swiss physicist: Nobel Prize 1920.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gym class — physical education lesson
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- habilable — having the ability to be clothed
- halachist — one of the writers or compilers of the Halakhah.
- halakhist — one of the writers or compilers of the Halakhah.
- halazepam — a derivative of benzodiazepine, C 17 H 12 ClF 3 N 2 O, used for management of anxiety disorders.
- haleakala — a dormant volcano in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. 10,032 feet (3058 meters) above sea level.
- half-clad — partially dressed
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handplant — (skateboarding) A move in which the skater balances on his hand after skating up to the top of a halfpipe.
- hard clam — a quahog.
- hard-laid — describing a rope the lay of which is at a relatively great angle to its axis; short-laid.
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- heat lamp — a lamp fitted with an infrared bulb to supply heat especially as part of physical therapy.
- heathclad — Clad or crowned with heath.
- heathland — An extensive area of heath.
- heelplate — a small metal plate attached to the heel of a shoe to protect it against excessive wear.
- hela cell — a vigorous strain of laboratory-cultured cells descended from a human cervical cancer, used widely in research.
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).