5-letter words starting with la
- laked — Simple past tense and past participle of lake.
- laker — a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
- lakes — Plural form of lake.
- lakhs — Plural form of lakh.
- lakin — Obsolete. ladykin.
- lakme — an opera (1883) by Léo Delibes.
- laksa — A Malaysian dish of Chinese origin, consisting of rice noodles served in a curry sauce or hot soup.
- lamar — Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- lamas — a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lambs — Plural form of lamb.
- lamby — Resembling or characteristic of the meat of a lamb.
- lamda — London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- lamed — Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lamel — Alternative form of lamella.
- lamen — Alternative form of ramen.
- lameo — (slang) A lame person; someone who is worthless or a loser.
- lamer — crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
- lames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lame.
- lamia — Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- lamin — (protein) Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus.
- lammy — a type of thick woollen jacket or duffel coat worn by sailors
- lamps — Plural form of lamp.
- lamus — a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- lamut — Even.
- lanai — a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lance — a male given name.
- lanch — (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
- lancs — Lancashire
- lande — a type of moorland in SW France
- lando — died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lands — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landy — John Michael, born 1930, Australian track athlete and political leader: governor of Victoria 2001–06.
- laned — Divided into lanes, as with a road.
- laner — lone.
- lanes — Plural form of lane.
- lange — Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- lanny — a male given name, form of Lenny.
- lansa — langsat.
- lanus — a city in E Argentina, S of Buenos Aires.
- lanza — Mario (Alfredo Arnold Cocozza) 1921–59, U.S. tenor and film actor.
- laoag — a seaport on NW Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- laois — a county of central Republic of Ireland, in Leinster province: formerly boggy but largely reclaimed for agriculture. County town: Portlaoise. Pop: 58 774 (2002). Area: 1719 sq km (664 sq miles)
- laozi — (Li Erh; Li Er) 6th-century b.c, Chinese philosopher: reputed founder of Taoism.
- lapel — either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- lapin — a rabbit.
- lapis — (italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lappa — African waist scarf.
- lappy — (informal) A laptop computer.
- lapse — 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.