5-letter words containing a, l, t
- ketal — (chemistry) any acetal derived from a ketone.
- lacet — braided work in lace
- lact- — lacto-
- lafta — Latin American Free Trade Area, the name before 1981 of the Latin American Integration Association
- lahti — a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- laith — loath.
- laity — the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- lamut — Even.
- lasts — occurring or coming after all others, as in time, order, or place: the last line on a page.
- latah — a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
- latam — Latin America
- latch — 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.
- lated — belated.
- laten — to (cause to) become late
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lates — Plural form of late.
- latex — a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- lathe — a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathi — a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- laths — Plural form of lath.
- lathy — lathlike; long and thin.
- latin — an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- latka — Alternative spelling of latke.
- latke — a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- laton — Alternative form of latten.
- latte — Also called caffè latte [kaf-ey lah-tey; Italian kahf-fe laht-te] /ˈkæf eɪ ˈlɑ teɪ; Italian ˈkɑf fɛ ˈlɑt tɛ/ (Show IPA). hot espresso with steamed milk, usually topped with foamed milk.
- latus — (medicine) Flank.
- leant — a past participle and simple past tense of lean1 .
- leapt — a simple past tense and past participle of leap.
- least — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- leats — Plural form of leat.
- lepta — an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- letha — a female given name.
- litai — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- litas — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- loath — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- lotah — Alternative spelling of lota (Indian water-pot).
- lotas — (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lotsa — Eye dialect of lots of.
- lotta — a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lovat — a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- lutea — yellow
- lytta — a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
- malta — an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- malts — Plural form of malt.
- malty — of, like, or containing malt.
- metal — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- mitla — the ruins of a Zapotec Indian city near Oaxaca, Mexico, yielding elaborate remains of temples and other artifacts.
- n lat — north latitude
- natal — of or relating to a person's birth: celebrating one's natal day.