7-letter words that end in la
- falcula — (plural only) The falx cerebelli.
- faunula — the fauna of a small single environment
- favella — (in certain red algae) a cystocarp covered by a gelatinous envelope.
- fistula — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- florula — the flora of a small single environment
- formula — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
- fossula — a small fossa.
- foveola — a small fovea; a very small pit or depression.
- fregola — A type of pasta originating in Sardinia, resembling couscous and typically made with semolina flour.
- furcula — the forked clavicular bone of a bird; wishbone.
- golilla — a collar of lawn or linen, slightly rolled under at the edge and starched to stand out from the neckline, worn in Spain in the 17th century.
- gondola — a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used especially on the canals of Venice, Italy.
- gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- granola — a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- harmala — a perennial plant native to Europe and Asia Minor, characterized by its white flowers and round seed capsules
- hemiola — a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
- hexapla — an edition of a book, especially the Old Testament, containing six versions or texts in parallel columns, especially the edition compiled by Origen.
- in gala — in festive dress
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- isabela — a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- isocola — a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- kabbala — Alternative spelling of Kaballah.
- kampala — an independent state in E Africa, between the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British protectorate. 91,065 sq. mi. (241,068 sq. km). Capital: Kampala.
- karbala — Kerbela.
- kassala — a city in the E Sudan, near Eritrea.
- kavalla — a seaport in E Greece.
- kerbela — a town in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿite sect.
- kisetla — a pidgin language based on Swahili, formerly used for communication between Europeans and Africans.
- kokkola — a seaport in E Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- labella — the petal of an orchid that differs more or less markedly from the other petals, often forming the most conspicuous part; the lip.
- lamella — a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- latilla — a peeled branch or piece of wood laid between beams of a ceiling or above the vigas for decoration.
- lauhala — Pandanus tectorius, a tree common in Hawaii, also known as the screwpine.
- lingala — a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- lingula — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- lirella — the elongated, narrow apothecium of certain lichens.
- louella — a female given name.
- luapula — a river in S central Africa, flowing E and N along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lake Mweru. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- machala — a city in SW Ecuador.
- magdala — an ancient town in Palestine, W of the Sea of Galilee: supposed home of Mary Magdalene.
- mamilla — (anatomy) The small projection of a mammary gland, a nipple.
- mammula — a small nipplelike process or protuberance.
- mancala — (games, board games) A generic name applied to various board games in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.
- mandala — Oriental Art. a schematized representation of the cosmos, chiefly characterized by a concentric configuration of geometric shapes, each of which contains an image of a deity or an attribute of a deity.
- mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
- mandola — an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- manilla — Manila hemp.
- maquila — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marsala — a seaport in W Sicily.
- maxilla — a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper.