7-letter words starting with l
- landing — 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.
- landini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), c1325–97, Italian organist and composer.
- landler — an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- landman — landsman1 (def 1).
- landsat — a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- landtag — the legislature of certain states in Germany.
- laneway — (Canada) A narrow roadway; a lane.
- langaha — a small genus of lamprophiid snake of the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae that are native to Madagascar
- langeel — leangle.
- langers — Plural form of langer.
- langiel — an Aboriginal war club or bludgeon.
- langley — Edmund of, York, 1st Duke of.
- langour — Misspelling of languor.
- langreo — a city in N Spain.
- langsat — an East Indian tree, Lansium domesticum, of the mahogany family.
- langton — Stephen, c1165–1228, English theologian, historian, and poet: archbishop of Canterbury.
- langtry — Lillie [lil-ee] /ˈlɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Emily Charlotte Le Breton"the Jersey Lily") 1852–1929, English actress.
- langued — (of an animal in a heraldic coat-of-arms, etc) having a tongue
- languet — any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- languid — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- languor — lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- langurs — Plural form of langur.
- laniard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- laniary — (of teeth) adapted for tearing.
- lanikai — a town adjoining Kailua, on SE Oahu, in Hawaii.
- lanital — a fibre made from milk protein, formerly used to make a type of soft synthetic wool
- lankier — Comparative form of lanky.
- lankily — In a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.
- lanners — Plural form of lanner.
- lanolin — a fatty substance, extracted from wool, used in ointments, cosmetics, waterproof coatings, etc.
- lansing — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- lantana — any of numerous chiefly tropical plants belonging to the genus Lantana, of the verbena family, certain species of which, as L. camara, are cultivated for their aromatic flowers of yellow and orange or blue and violet.
- lantern — a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- lanting — Present participle of lant.
- lanyard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- lanzhou — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- lao she — (Shu Qingchun; Shu Ch'ing-ch'un) 1899–1966, Chinese novelist.
- lao-tse — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- lao-tzu — (Li Erh; Li Er) 6th-century b.c, Chinese philosopher: reputed founder of Taoism.
- laocoon — Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- laodice — (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- laokoon — Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- laotian — a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- lap dog — a small pet dog that can easily be held in the lap.
- laparo- — the flank, the abdominal wall
- lapdogs — Plural form of lapdog.
- lapheld — (esp of a personal computer) small enough to be used on one's lap; portable
- lapilli — a small stony particle ejected from a volcano.
- laplace — Pierre Simon [pyer see-mawn] /pyɛr siˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Marquis de, 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician.
- lapland — a region in N Norway, N Sweden, N Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the NW Russian Federation in Europe: inhabited by Lapps.