8-letter words starting with l
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- laetitia — a female given name.
- laetrile — a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- lag bolt — lag screw
- lag line — a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lagering — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- lagerlof — Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- laggards — Plural form of laggard.
- laghouat — a city in N Algeria.
- lagoonal — Of or pertaining to a lagoon, especially one behind a coral reef.
- lagrange — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.
- laguerre — Edmond-Nicolas [ed-mawn-nee-kaw-lah] /ɛd mɔ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, French mathematician.
- lahontan — Lake, an Ice Age lake in W Nevada and NE California, about 8600 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km): remnants include Carson Sink, Pyramid Lake.
- laically — As a layman.
- laicized — Simple past tense and past participle of laicize.
- laid out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laid-off — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laidback — Alternative spelling of laid-back.
- laingian — of or based on R. D. Laing's theory that mental illnesses are understandable as natural responses to stress in family and social situations
- laitance — a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- lak cell — lymphokine-activated killer cell: one of a number of white blood cells removed from a patient's whole blood and cultured with interleukin-2: used experimentally for reinfusion into the body to shrink malignant tumors.
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lake zug — a lake in N central Switzerland, in Zug and Schwyz cantons. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- lakehead — Thunder Bay.
- lakeland — a city in central Florida.
- lakelike — Resembling a lake or some aspect of one.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- lallygag — to spend time idly; loaf.
- lamantin — The manatee.
- lamasery — a monastery of lamas.
- lambaste — to beat or whip severely.
- lambasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambast.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lamberts — Plural form of lambert.
- lambkill — sheep laurel.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lamblike — like a lamb; gentle; meek.
- lambling — a small lamb
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- lamellae — a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- lamellar — referring to a lamella or lamellae.
- lamelli- — indicating lamella or lamellae
- lameness — crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.