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9-letter words containing la

  • lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
  • lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
  • lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
  • lapidated — to pelt with stones.
  • lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
  • lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
  • laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
  • laplander — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
  • lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
  • lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
  • lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
  • lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
  • laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
  • larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
  • larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
  • lardasses — Plural form of lardass.
  • largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
  • large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
  • largeleaf — Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.
  • largeness — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
  • largesses — generous bestowal of gifts.
  • larghetto — a larghetto movement.
  • largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
  • lariating — Present participle of lariat.
  • larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
  • larkspurs — Plural form of larkspur.
  • larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
  • larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
  • larry car — a car moving on rails and equipped on its underside with a hopper, used to charge coke ovens from above.
  • larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
  • larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
  • larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
  • larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
  • larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
  • laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.
  • las casas — Bartolomé de [bahr-taw-law-me th e] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1566, Spanish Dominican missionary and historian in the Americas.
  • las vegas — a city in SE Nevada.
  • laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
  • laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
  • lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
  • lash rail — a rail, solidly fixed to the bulwarks of a vessel, to which objects on deck can be lashed.
  • lasherism — (jargon, algorithm)   (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
  • lass-lorn — abandoned in love by a young girl
  • lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
  • last gasp — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
  • last mile — the distance walked by a condemned person from his or her cell to the place of execution.
  • last name — surname (def 1).
  • last post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
  • last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
  • last-born — last in order of birth; youngest.
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