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10-letter words starting with la

  • laser beam — a beam of radiation produced from a laser, used in surgery, communications, weapons systems, printing, recording and various industrial processes.
  • laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
  • laser disk — Computers, Television. optical disk.
  • laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
  • laser trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
  • laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
  • last rites — anointing of the sick.
  • last sleep — death
  • last straw — the last of a succession of irritations, incidents, remarks, etc., that leads to a loss of patience, a disaster, etc.: He has been late before, but this is the last straw.
  • last thing — as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night
  • last-ditch — done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
  • latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
  • latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
  • late greek — the Greek of the early Byzantine Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 100 to 700. Abbreviation: LGk.
  • late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
  • late latin — the Latin of the late Western Roman Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 150 to 700. Abbreviation: LL.
  • late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
  • late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
  • latecomers — Plural form of latecomer.
  • latenesses — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
  • lateralise — Alt form lateralize.
  • laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
  • lateralize — (of the brain) show laterality.
  • latescence — the state or quality of being latescent
  • lathyritic — Of or pertaining to lathyrism.
  • laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
  • latifundia — a great estate.
  • latifundio — a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
  • latin rite — Also called Roman liturgy, Roman rite. the forms of worship and liturgy expressed in Liturgical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
  • latinizing — Present participle of latinize.
  • latissimus — Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.
  • latitation — the state of lying hidden
  • latrotoxin — (biochemistry) Any of a group of neurotoxins found in the venom of spiders of the genus Latrodectus.
  • latter-day — of a later or following period: latter-day pioneers.
  • lattermath — a second mowing or crop of grass from land that has already been harvested in the same year
  • lattermost — latest; last.
  • latticinio — an opaque, white glass first produced in Venice during the Renaissance, often used in thread form to decorate clear glass pieces.
  • laudations — Plural form of laudation.
  • lauderhill — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
  • laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
  • laugh away — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
  • laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
  • laumontite — a white zeolite mineral, chiefly hydrated silicate of aluminum and calcium.
  • launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
  • launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • launchings — Plural form of launching.
  • launderers — Plural form of launderer.
  • laundering — Present participle of launder.
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