5 Letter Words That Start With LA

large

Adjective : Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

Adjective : (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).

Adjective : (obsolete) Abundant; ample.

label

Noun : A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

Noun : A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

Noun : (music) A company that sells records.

lapse

Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.

Noun : A decline or fall in standards.

Noun : A pause in continuity.

layer

Noun : A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

Noun : An item of clothing worn under or over another.

Noun : A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

labor

Noun : (Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of labour [Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.]

laugh

Noun : An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

Noun : Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

Noun : (Britain, New Zealand) A fun person.

laden

Adjective : Weighed down with a load, burdened.

Adjective : Heavy.

Adjective : Oppressed.

latch

Verb : To close or lock as if with a latch.

Verb : (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.

Noun : A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

later

Verb : Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

Verb : At some unspecified time in the future.

Adjective : Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

lance

Noun : A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

Noun : A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.

Noun : (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

laser

Noun : A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

Noun : A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

Noun : A laser printer.

latin

Adjective : Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium which is now rarely used.

Adjective : Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.

Adjective : Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.

latte

Noun : A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.

Noun : A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).

Noun : A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity.

lanai

Noun : (chiefly Hawaii, Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

Noun : The sixth largest island of Hawaii, mostly privately owned.

lathe

Verb : (transitive, UK dialectal) To invite; bid; ask.

Noun : (obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.

Noun : (tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

lanky

Adjective : (informal) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

Noun : The dialect of English spoken in Lancashire.

lasso

Noun : A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

Noun : (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Verb : (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

ladle

Noun : A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.

Noun : (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.

Noun : The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.

largo

Noun : (music) a very slow tempo

Noun : (music) a musical piece or movement in such a tempo

Adjective : (music) strong and stately

larva

Noun : An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.

Noun : An animal in the aforementioned stage.

Noun : A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.

lapel

Noun : Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

laity

Noun : People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.

Noun : The common man or woman.

Noun : The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

labia

Noun : (anatomy) The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.

latex

Noun : (medicine, archaic, rare) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)

Noun : The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

Noun : An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.

laude

Noun : A surname.

laver

Noun : A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

Noun : Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

Noun : Porphyra vulgaris

lamia

Noun : A city in Greece.

Noun : (Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

lager

Noun : A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

Verb : To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.

Noun : Alternative spelling of laager [A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.]

larch

Noun : (countable) A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles.

Noun : (uncountable) The wood of the larch.

Noun : A surname from German.

laird

Noun : (historical) A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.

Noun : (chiefly Scotland) An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.

Noun : (chiefly Scotland) A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts.

layup

Noun : (basketball) A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.

Noun : (colloquial) A relatively easy task.

Noun : The state of being laid up.

labov

Noun : A surname.

laura

Noun : A female given name from Latin.

Noun : (historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior

Noun : (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

lathi

Noun : (India, countable) A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.

Noun : (uncountable) A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.

lapin

Noun : Rabbit fur.

Noun : A castrated male rabbit.

lassi

Noun : A drink made with yogurt diluted with water and flavoured with salt or fruit juice.

lapis

Noun : Ellipsis of lapis lazuli. [(mineralogy) A deep-blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.]

laced

Adjective : Fastened with lace or laces (light cordage).

Adjective : Adorned with lace (delicate fabric).

Adjective : Intentionally tainted with something, especially a drug.

lasik

Noun : (ophthalmology) Abbreviation of laser in situ keratomileusis: corrective eye surgery for various refractive disorders in which an excimer laser reshapes the cornea.

Noun : Alternative form of LASIK

latke

Noun : A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.

lahar

Noun : (geology) A volcanic mudflow.

lange

Noun : A surname from German.

lazar

Noun : (archaic) Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

Adjective : (archaic) Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

Noun : A British surname.

lamar

Noun : A habitational surname from Old French.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A city in Arkansas.

lanka

Noun : (mythology, Hinduism) The island city of Ravana in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.

Noun : (informal, abbreviation) Sri Lanka.

lable

lagos

Noun : The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.

Noun : A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.

Noun : A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.

latty

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.

Noun : A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States.

lacon

Noun : A place name:

Noun : A ghost town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Illinois, United States, named after Laconia in Greece.

larry

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.

Noun : (fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction.

Noun : (British dialect) A confused noise; an uproar; a hubbub.

lairy

Adjective : (UK) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.

Adjective : (Australia) Vulgar and flashy.

Adjective : (Australia) Socially unacceptable.

laksa

Noun : A spicy noodle stew from Indonesia or Malaysia.

laith

Noun : (dialectal, rare, Northern England) shed, barn

Noun : A male given name from Arabic

Noun : A surname from Scottish Gaelic

lagan

Noun : (law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

Noun : A river in County Down and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which flows through the city of Belfast into Belfast Lough.

lauds

Noun : a canonical hour of the Divine office.

lazer

Noun : One who lazes.

Noun : (slang) Laser.

Noun : A surname.

lakes

Noun : The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.

Noun : A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.

Noun : A state of South Sudan.

lardy

Adjective : Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.

Adjective : (colloquial, derogatory, of a person or body part) Fat or overweight.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) An obese person.

laker

Noun : (UK dialectal) One engaged in sport; a player; an actor.

Noun : A wharfman who resides near a lake.

Noun : (nautical, Canada, US) A ship used on the Great Lakes.

laxly

Verb : In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.

lally

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (Polari, usually in the plural) Leg

lacey

Noun : A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.

Noun : A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

lands

Noun : The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

Noun : Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.

Noun : A country or region.

laine

Noun : (Sussex) an area of arable land at the foot of a hill

lasix

Noun : A brand of the drug furosemide.

larue

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : A village in Marion County, Ohio, United States.

laces

Noun : (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. ᵂᵖ

Noun : (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. ᵂᵖ

Noun : A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.

laten

Verb : (intransitive) To grow late; become later.

laban

Noun : The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Noun : A surname.

laevo

Adjective : (chemistry) Alternative form of levo (“levorotatory”)

lanny

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Laurence.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Roland.

lacer

Noun : A person or thing that laces.

lares

Noun : (Roman mythology) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.

Noun : (historical) The idols representing these deities.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of Lares [(Roman mythology) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.]

lauan

Noun : Any of several types of light wood, resembling mahogany, from various trees from the Philippines and Malaysia.

laval

Noun : A placename:

Noun : A village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

Noun : A large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; suburb of Montreal.

laika

Noun : A type of hunting dog from Russia.

Noun : A female dog who was sent into space by the Soviet Union on November 3, 1957, aboard Sputnik 2. She died in space.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of laika. [A type of hunting dog from Russia.]

lamas

Noun : A village in Buxton with Lamas parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2423).

lamer

Noun : (slang, derogatory, demoscene, gaming, warez, dated) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.

Noun : A surname.

lassa

Noun : the sacred city of lamaism; known as the forbidden city for its former inaccessibility and hostility to stranger

lamps

Noun : A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

Noun : A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.

Noun : A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

laism

lacto

lades

Verb : To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).

Verb : To weigh down, oppress, or burden.

Verb : To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).

larum

Noun : Obsolete form of alarum. [(normally archaic) A danger signal or warning.]

Verb : Obsolete form of alarum. [(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.]

laing

Noun : A Scottish surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

laigh

Noun : a lowlan

lazio

Noun : An administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital. It corresponds to ancient Latium.

lacie

Noun : (English: "The Company") an American-French computer hardware company specializing in external hard drives, RAID arrays, optical drives, Flash Drives, and computer monitors.

lamed

Noun : The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

lache

Noun : Negligence in one's duty.

Noun : (law) An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.

Noun : A surname.

laree

Noun : lar

laxer

Noun : (slang) lacrosse player

lay up

Verb : (transitive) To store; to put by.

Verb : (transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed.

Verb : (transitive) To take out of active service.

labal

laozi

Noun : (Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.

Noun : (inexact, with 'the') Synonym of Tao Te Ching.

laney

Noun : A female given name

Noun : A male given name

Noun : A surname.

layby

Noun : Alternative spelling of lay-by [(UK) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones.]

labra

Noun : A surname.

lasse

lahti

Noun : A city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.

Noun : (countable) A surname from Finnish.

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