9-letter words containing la
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lambswool — Fine wool from a young sheep, used to make knitted garments, blankets, etc., with a soft texture.
- lame duck — an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamellate — composed of or having lamellae.
- lamellose — lamellate
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- lamenting — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminable — capable of being laminated.
- laminaria — any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- laminarin — (carbohydrate) A glucan produced by some brown algae.
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- lamington — (Australia, obsolete) A Homburg hat.
- laminitis — inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
- lamp-hole — a hole in the ground for lowering a lamp down into a sewer
- lamp-post — A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top.
- lampadary — a person who lights the lamps in an Orthodox Greek Church
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- lampblack — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lampposts — Plural form of lamppost.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshell — Alternative form of lamp shell.
- lampstand — a support for a light bulb
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancejack — a lance corporal
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- land bank — a banking association that engages in the financing of transactions in real property, especially in agricultural land.
- land crab — any of several crabs, especially of the family Gecarcinidae, that live chiefly upon land, returning to the sea to breed.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- land lane — (in an ice floe) an opening that leads toward a shore.
- land line — a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- land mass — geography: area of land
- land mine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- land rail — corn crake.
- land rain — a steady, heavy rain.
- land wind — land breeze.