7-letter words starting with l
- lappage — an overlapping of part or all of a piece of land claimed by one person on land claimed by another.
- lappets — Plural form of lappet.
- lapping — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- lappish — Lapp (def 2).
- lapsang — noting a kind of souchong tea with a strong smoky flavor.
- lapsers — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- lapsing — Present participle of lapse.
- laptops — Plural form of laptop.
- laptray — a tray with a cushioned underside, designed to rest in a person's lap while supporting reading material, a meal eaten while watching television, etc
- lapwing — a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
- lapwork — a type of craftwork in which there are parts or edges that overlap each other
- laqueus — lemniscus.
- laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- larceny — the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- larchen — Of or pertaining to the larch tree.
- larches — Plural form of larch.
- lardass — a person having unusually large buttocks.
- larders — Plural form of larder.
- lardies — Plural form of lardy.
- larding — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lardner — Ring(gold Wilmer) [ring-gohld wil-mer] /ˈrɪŋˌgoʊld ˈwɪl mər/ (Show IPA), 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.
- lardoon — a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- largely — to a great extent; in great part; generally; chiefly: The plan depends largely on his willingness to cooperate. That is largely incorrect.
- largess — generous bestowal of gifts.
- largest — 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.
- largish — rather large.
- lariats — Plural form of lariat.
- larissa — a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- larking — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- larkish — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- larmier — (anatomy) A tearpit.
- larrups — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of larrup.
- larvate — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- larwood — Harold. 1904–95, English cricketer. An outstanding fast bowler, he played 21 times for England between 1926 and 1933
- lasagna — large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
- lasagne — large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
- lasalle — city in S Quebec, Canada, on Montreal Island: pop. 72,000
- lascars — Plural form of lascar.
- lascaux — the site of a cave in SW France, in the Dordogne: contains Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings
- lasered — Simple past tense and past participle of laser.
- lash-up — a hastily made or arranged device, organization, etc.
- lashing — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lashkar — the modern part of Gwalior city in N India: capital of former Gwalior state.
- laskets — Plural form of lasket.
- lassies — Plural form of lassie.
- lassoed — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lassoes — Plural form of lasso.
- lastage — space for storing goods in ship
- lastest — occurring or coming after all others, as in time, order, or place: the last line on a page.
- lasteth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of last.