7-letter words starting with la
- lacunae — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacunal — of or relating to a lacuna.
- lacunar — Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
- lacunas — Plural form of lacuna.
- lad lit — fiction about young men and their emotional and personal lives
- lad mag — a magazine aimed at or appealing to men, focusing on fashion, gadgets, and often featuring scantily dressed women
- ladanum — labdanum.
- ladders — Plural form of ladder.
- laddery — like or with ladders
- laddies — Plural form of laddie.
- laddish — a boy or youth.
- laddism — (British) Laddish beliefs and behaviours.
- ladened — burdened; loaded down.
- ladette — A young woman who behaves in a boisterously assertive or crude manner and engages in heavy drinking.
- ladhood — the state or period of being a boy or young man
- ladling — a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- ladrone — a thief.
- ladyboy — (especially in Thailand) a transvestite.
- ladybug — any of numerous small, round, often brightly colored and spotted beetles of the family Coccinellidae, feeding chiefly on aphids and other small insects, but including several forms that feed on plants.
- ladyish — Characteristic of a lady.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- ladykin — (often used as a term of endearment) a little lady.
- laemmle — Carl, 1867–1939, U.S. producer of motion pictures, born in Germany.
- laennec — René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- laertes — the father of Odysseus.
- laetare — the fourth Sunday of Lent
- lafitte — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1780–c1825, French privateer in the Americas.
- lagarde — Christine (Madeleine Odette). born 1956, French politician; managing director of the International Monetary Fund from 2011
- lagered — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
- lagging — one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
- lagoons — Plural form of lagoon.
- lagopus — (obsolete) The ptarmigan (which bird was so called because its feet resemble those of a hare).
- lagting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- laibach — German name of Ljubljana.
- laicism — the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- laicity — The principles, status, or influence of the laity.
- laicize — to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
- laid up — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lairage — A place where cattle or sheep may be rested on the way to market or slaughter.
- lairdly — belonging or relating to a laird or lairds
- lairing — Present participle of lair.
- lairize — to show off or act like a lair
- lake no — a lake in South Sudan, where the Bahr el Jebel (White Nile) is joined by the Bahr el Ghazal. Area: about 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- lakebed — the bottom or floor of a lake.
- lakelet — A small lake.
- lakshmi — the Hindu goddess of fortune.
- lalique — René Jules [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rə neɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1945, French jewelry and glassware designer.
- lallans — a literary version of the variety of English spoken and written in the Lowlands of Scotland
- lalling — to make imperfect l- or r- sounds, or both, often by substituting a w- like sound for r or l or a y- like sound for l.