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9-letter words containing la

  • ladle out — If you ladle out something such as money, information, or advice, you give it freely and in large quantities.
  • lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
  • lady luck — the personification of luck as a lady bringing good or bad fortune: Lady Luck was against us and we lost the game.
  • lady muck — an ordinary woman behaving or being treated as if she were aristocratic
  • lady palm — any of several palms of the genus Rhapis, native to southeastern Asia and cultivated as houseplants.
  • ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.
  • ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
  • ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
  • laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
  • lafayette — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
  • lag screw — type of threaded bolt
  • lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
  • lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
  • lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
  • laggardly — in the manner of a laggard.
  • laggingly — in a lagging manner
  • lagniappe — Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas. a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
  • lagomorph — any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
  • laicizing — Present participle of laicize.
  • laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
  • laid deck — a wooden deck having planking laid parallel to the sides of the hull so as to follow the curves toward the ends of the vessel.
  • laid-back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
  • lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
  • lake biel — a lake in NW Switzerland: remains of lake dwellings were discovered here in the 19th century. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
  • lake chad — a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
  • lake erie — Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
  • lake eyre — a shallow salt lake or salt flat in NE central South Australia, about 11 m (35 ft) below sea level, divided into two areas (North and South); it usually contains little or no water. Maximum area: 9600 sq km (3700 sq miles)
  • lake kivu — a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at an altitude of 1460 m (4790 ft). Area: 2698 sq km (1042 sq miles). Depth: (maximum) 475 m (1558 ft)
  • lake mead — a reservoir in NW Arizona and SE Nevada, formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River: one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
  • lake tana — a lake in NW Ethiopia, on a plateau 1800 m (6000 ft) high: the largest lake of Ethiopia; source of the Blue Nile. Area: 3673 sq km (1418 sq miles)
  • lake-eyre — Lake, a shallow salt lake in S South Australia. 3430 sq. mi. (8885 sq. km).
  • lake-like — like a lake
  • lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
  • lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
  • lakeshore — lakefront.
  • lakeville — a town in SE Minnesota.
  • lallation — a speech defect in which l is pronounced instead of r, or in which an l- sound is mispronounced.
  • lallygags — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lallygag.
  • lalopathy — any defect of speech.
  • lamartine — Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
  • lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
  • lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
  • lambaréné — a town in W Gabon on the Ogooué River: site of the hospital built by Albert Schweitzer, who died and was buried there (1965). Pop: 9000 (2003 est)
  • lambasted — to beat or whip severely.
  • lambastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambaste.
  • lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
  • lambdamoo — (games)   The most frequently used server software for running a MOO and also the nerve-center (of sorts) of the MOO community.
  • lambently — In a lambent manner, brightly.
  • lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
  • lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
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