6-letter words starting with la
- lapith — a member of a people in Thessaly who at the wedding of their king, Pirithoüs, fought the drunken centaurs
- lappas — Plural form of lappa.
- lapped — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- lapper — a person or thing that laps liquid.
- lappet — a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- lappie — a rag or cloth
- lapsed — expired; voided; terminated: a lapsed insurance policy.
- lapser — One who lapses.
- lapses — 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.
- lapsus — a slip of the tongue.
- laptop — portable computer
- laputa — an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments.
- laquey — (networking) [LaQuey, T. (with J. Ryer), "The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking", Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1992]
- larded — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- larder — a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
- lardon — a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- laredo — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- largen — (UK) To enlarge.
- larger — 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.
- larges — 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.
- lariam — a brand of mefloquine, used in the treatment and prevention of malaria
- lariat — a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- larine — characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- larisa — a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- larked — Simple past tense and past participle of lark.
- larker — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- larkin — Philip, 1922–85, English poet and critic.
- larmen — ramen.
- larnax — a coffin made of terracotta
- larned — Simple past tense and past participle of larn.
- larney — a white person
- larnin — Present participle of larn.
- laroid — belonging or relating to gulls or specifically the Larus genus of the gull family
- larrup — to beat or thrash.
- larrys — a male given name, form of Lawrence, Laurence.
- larvae — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
- larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- larvas — Plural form of larva.
- larynx — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- lascar — an East Indian sailor.
- lasdun — Sir Denys. 1914–2001, British architect. He is best known for the University of East Anglia (1968) and the National Theatre in London (1976)
- lasers — Plural form of laser.
- lashed — having lashes or eyelashes, especially of a specified kind or description (usually used in combination): long-lashed blue eyes.
- lasher — One who whips or lashes.
- lashes — Plural form of lash.
- lashio — a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- lashup — a hastily made or arranged device, organization, etc.
- lasing — the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- lasker — Emanuel [ey-mah-noo-el] /eɪˈmɑ nu ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1941, German chess player, mathematician, and author.
- lasket — (nautical) latching.