9-letter words containing la
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jocularly — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- joculator — (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- joe blake — a snake
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- jubilated — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- jubilatio — jubilus.
- jutlander — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- jyvaskyla — a city in S central Finland.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kala-azar — a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- kalamkari — A type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- key largo — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. 30 miles (48 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- key plate — (in color printing) the plate providing the greatest definition of detail, usually the black plate, on which the other plates are registered.
- killarney — a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- king clam — geoduck.
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- la grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- la grange — a city in W Georgia.
- la granja — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- la laguna — city in Tenerife, Canary Islands: pop. 128,000
- la mancha — a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- la mirada — a city in SW California.
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- la serena — a seaport in central Chile.
- la spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- la tortue — French name of Tortuga.
- la trappe — La Trappe.
- labelable — Able to be labeled.
- labellate — having a labellum
- labelling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- labellist — a person who wears only clothes with fashionable brand names
- labelmate — a musician or singer who makes records for the same company as another
- laberinth — (obsolete) labyrinth.
- laberynth — Obsolete spelling of labyrinth.
- labetalol — an alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocking agent, C 19 H 24 N 2 O 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- labialise — Alt form labialize.
- labialism — a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.