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.