4-letter words containing a, l
- loma — a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- lota — (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lpac — 1. (audio, compression) Lossless Predictive Audio Compression. 2. London Parallel Applications Centre.
- lpga — Ladies Professional Golf Association
- lram — Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music
- lsat — The LSAT is an examination which is often taken by students who wish to enter a law school. LSAT is an abbreviation for 'Law School Admission Test.'
- ltsa — Land Transport Safety Authority
- luan — Alternative spelling of lauan.
- luau — a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
- luba — a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- luda — former name of Dalian (def 1).
- luma — A monetary unit of Armenia, equal to one hundredth of a dram.
- luna — the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- luta — former name of Dalian (def 1).
- lvad — left ventricular assist device; an implanted device that boosts the output of the heart on a short-term basis, for example in people awaiting heart transplants
- lyam — (obsolete) A leash.
- lyra — (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
- macl — Macintosh Allegro CL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- mael — a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mail — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mal- — Mal- is added to words in order to form new words which describe things that are bad or unpleasant, or that are unsuccessful or imperfect.
- mala — in bad faith; not genuine.
- male — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- mali — Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mall — Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building. Compare shopping center.
- malm — an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- malo — (informal) malolactic fermentation.
- mals — Master of Library Science.
- malt — germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- marl — Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- maul — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- meal — a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
- mela — a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mlab — Modeling LABoratory. An interactive mathematical modelling system.
- mola — any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mpla — Movimento Popular de Libertacão de Angola: a political party that has ruled Mozambique since the country gained independence from Portugal in 1975
- myal — of or relating to muscle tissue
- nafl — a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nala — (Hinduism) a character in Hindu mythology, is the king of Nishadha Kingdom, son of Veerasena.
- nale — (obsolete) ale.
- nall — (obsolete, UK, dialect) An awl.
- natl — national
- neal — a male given name.
- nial — Nested Interactive Array Language. A high-level array-oriented language from Queen's University, Canada, based on Array Theory as developed by Trenchard More Jr.
- nola — A very small bell used in the choir during consecration.Walters, Henry Beauchamp. Church Bells of England, [https://archive.org/stream/churchbellsofeng00waltrich#page/2/mode/2up p. 3].Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, [https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=Yy6jaxVwSg8C&pg=PA452 p. 452].
- ocal — On-Line Cryptanalytic Aid Language.
- olaf — Saint (Olaf Haraldssön) a.d. 995–1030, king of Norway from 1016 to 1029; patron saint of Norway.
- olap — On-Line Analytical Processing
- olay — Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel.