9-letter words containing la
- labiality — of, relating to, or resembling a labium.
- labialize — to give a labial character to (a sound), for example, to round (a vowel).
- labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.
- laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- laborists — Plural form of laborist.
- laborites — Plural form of laborite.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- labryinth — Misspelling of labyrinth.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- laccolith — a mass of igneous rock formed from magma that did not find its way to the surface but spread laterally into a lenticular body, forcing overlying strata to bulge upward.
- lace card — (Obsolete) A punched card with all holes punched (also called a "whoopee card" or "ventilator card"). Card readers tended to jam when they got to one of these, as the resulting card had too little structural strength to avoid buckling inside the mechanism. Card punches could also jam trying to produce these things owing to power-supply problems. When some practical joker fed a lace card through the reader, you needed to clear the jam with a "card knife" - which you used on the joker first.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.
- lace-fern — a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- lacerated — lacerated.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- lachrymal — of or relating to tears.
- lacinias' — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- laciniate — cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- laconical — laconic.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquerer — One who lacquers.
- lacrimary — of or relating to tears or the lacrimal glands
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lactarian — lactovegetarian (def 1).
- lactating — to produce milk.
- lactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- lactivist — a person, esp a woman, who advocates strongly the breast-feeding of children, and is opposed to bottle-feeding
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- lactylate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a lactylic acid.
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- ladderman — a firefighter who is a member of a hook-and-ladder company.
- ladderway — a vertical passageway with ladders.
- ladislaus — Saint, c1040–95, king of Hungary 1077–95.