9-letter words containing la
- bad place — Midland and Southern U.S. hell.
- baekeland — Leo Hendrik [lee-oh hen-drik;; Flemish ley-oh hen-drik] /ˈli oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk;; Flemish ˈleɪ oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, U.S. chemist, born in Belgium: developed Bakelite.
- bahaullah — Husayn ʿAlī Mīrzā.
- balaclava — A balaclava is a tight woollen hood that covers every part of your head except your face.
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balaklava — a small port in S Crimea: scene of an inconclusive battle (1854), which included the charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War
- balalaika — a plucked musical instrument, usually having a triangular body and three strings: used chiefly for Russian folk music
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balancing — the process of achieving or maintaining equilibrium
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- ball clay — a fine dark kaolinic clay that turns white or nearly white when fired, used in the manufacture of a wide variety of ceramic wares in combination with other clays for its exceptional bonding properties and plasticity.
- ballabile — a dance within a ballet where the chorus perform, with or without the principal dancers
- balladeer — a singer of ballads
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- balladize — to make (something) into a ballad; write a ballad about.
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballaster — someone who supplies ballast for a ship; someone who ballasts
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- band-gala — (in India) (of a coat) closed at the neck
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- barrelage — an amount, esp of beer, as measured in barrels
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- bear claw — a sweet, almond-flavored breakfast pastry made with yeast dough and shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bell labs — Bell Laboratories
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- ben bella — Mohammed Ahmed (ˈɑːmɪd). 1916–2012, Algerian statesman: first prime minister (1962–65) and president (1963–65) of independent Algeria: overthrown and imprisoned (1965–80)
- benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- biangular — having two angles or corners.
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- bike lane — A bike lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by people riding bicycles.
- bilabiate — divided into two lips
- bilateral — Bilateral negotiations, meetings, or agreements, involve only the two groups or countries that are directly concerned.
- billables — that may or should be billed: Attorneys put in hundreds of billable hours on the case.
- billabong — a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
- bilobular — having two lobules
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- bin laden — Osama (əʊˈsɑːmə). 1957–2011, Saudi-born leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network: presumed architect of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes