5 Letter Words That Start With LA

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.

large

Adjective : Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

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

Noun : (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.

lapse

Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.

Noun : A decline or fall in standards.

Noun : A pause in continuity.

lanky

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

Adjective : From Lancashire or having distinctive Lancashire traits.

Noun : Someone from Lancashire.

lathe

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

Verb : To shape with a lathe.

Verb : (computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

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.

laden

Adjective : Weighed down with a load, burdened.

Adjective : Heavy.

Adjective : Oppressed.

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.

laugh

Verb : (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

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

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

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.

ladle

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

Verb : (transitive) To pour or serve something with a ladle.

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

lasso

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

Verb : (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

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

labor

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

Noun : A surname from French.

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

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.

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.

laced

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

Adjective : Adorned with lace (delicate fabric).

Adjective : Intentionally tainted with something, especially a drug.

lapin

Noun : A castrated male rabbit.

Noun : Rabbit fur.

Noun : A surname from Russian

lauds

Noun : a canonical hour of the Divine office.

lashy

Adjective : (informal) Having prominent eyelashes.

latch

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.

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

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

later

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

Verb : At some unspecified time in the future.

Adjective : At some time in the future.

labia

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

lap up

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To revel in, to overtly enjoy.

Verb : (transitive) To consume by lapping; to drink (something) quickly.

lazed

Verb : To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

Verb : To be lazy, waste time.

Noun : (countable) An instance of lazing.

latex

Noun : Natural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

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.

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.

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 : Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.

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.]

landa

Noun : A placename

Noun : A village in Alava, Basque Country, Spain.

Noun : A city in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States.

lacis

Noun : A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.

ladon

Noun : (Greek mythology) A serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.

Noun : A river in Greece

laske

Noun : Alternative spelling of lask. [(uncountable, chiefly veterinary medicine) Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; (countable) a bout of this ailment.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of lask. [(intransitive, obsolete) To have loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.]

lacke

Verb : Obsolete spelling of lack. [(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.]

Noun : Obsolete spelling of lack. [A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.]

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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.

Verb : (transitive) To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.

latin

Adjective : Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.

Noun : (uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.

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

laird

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

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

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

latte

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

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

Noun : (figurative, informal, attributive) Affluent leftism.

lapis

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

laura

Noun : A female given name from Latin.

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

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

lacer

Noun : A person or thing that laces.

lathy

Adjective : (archaic) Like a lath; long and slender.

lacks

Noun : A surname

lande

Noun : An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.

Noun : Obsolete form of land. [The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.]

lappy

Noun : (informal) A laptop computer.

Noun : (informal) A lapdance.

Noun : (informal) A lapphund

ladye

Noun : Obsolete spelling of lady. [(historical) The mistress of a household.]

lassy

Noun : (chiefly Scotland) Alternative form of lassie. [(chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.]

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.]

laxly

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

lay in

Verb : (transitive) To put (something) aside for future use.

Verb : (prison) To give a lay-in; to allow or require one to remain in one's cell, rather than work, due to injury or illness.

Verb : (transitive, art) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.

laces

Noun : (firefighting) Acronym of lookouts, anchor points, communications, escape routes, safety zones.

laker

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

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

Noun : A wharfman who resides near a lake.

lassa

Noun : A town in Borno state, Nigeria.

Noun : A city in the Kara Region of Togo

Noun : Archaic form of Lhasa. [The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.]

lay on

Verb : To provide.

Verb : (transitive) To apply or implement (something).

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To provide (food or drinks) for free.

lakin

Noun : (rare) A toy.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Kearny County, Kansas.

Noun : A place in the United States:

lasts

Adjective : Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Adjective : Most recent, latest, last so far.

Adjective : Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.

lairy

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

Adjective : (Australia) Vulgar and flashy.

Adjective : (Australia) Socially unacceptable.

larks

Noun : Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

Noun : (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.

Noun : Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.

latah

Noun : (pathology) A condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility; also, a person suffering from this malady.

laxer

Noun : (slang) lacrosse player

laund

Noun : (archaic) A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.

lamar

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A habitational surname from Old French.

lamel

Noun : Alternative form of lamella. [A thin, plate-like structure.]

larky

Adjective : Playful.

laste

Adjective : Obsolete spelling of last. [Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.]

lalla

Noun : A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.

lable

Noun : Common misspelling of label [A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.]

larme

Noun : Larmes, or Tears; aka Larmes de Verre, in English, Glass Tears, is a black and white photograph created between 1930 and 1932 by the American photographer Man Ray.

lavra

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

laggy

Adjective : (computing, Internet, video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.

Adjective : Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

laxed

Adjective : (phonetics, of a vowel) Made lax.

ladie

Noun : Obsolete spelling of lady. [(historical) The mistress of a household.]

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.

larch

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

Noun : (uncountable) Wood of the larch.

Noun : A surname from German.

largo

Noun : (music) A very slow tempo.

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

Adjective : (music) Strong and stately.

lamer

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

Noun : A surname.

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 letter-case form of LASIK.

lahar

Noun : (geology) A volcanic mudflow.

lamps

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

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

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

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.

laevo

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

lanes

Noun : (US) One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.

Noun : (bowling, colloquial, usually in definite form) bowling alley

lange

Noun : A surname from German.

lambs

Noun : A young sheep.

Noun : (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.

Noun : (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.

lassi

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

lawny

Adjective : Having or resembling a grass lawn.

Adjective : Made of lawn or fine linen.

larve

Noun : Dated form of larva. [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.]

laval

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

Noun : A placename:

Noun : A town and commune, a prefecture of Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire, France.

lards

Noun : Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

Noun : (slang) Excess fat on a person or animal.

Verb : (cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

laded

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).

lanch

Noun : (UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.

Verb : (obsolete) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

Verb : (obsolete) To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.

latus

Noun : (anatomy, medicine) Synonym of flank.

lay to

Verb : (nautical) To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to.

Verb : To try or to expend effort to achieve (something).

lacus

Noun : The Latin word lacus means "opening, hole, pool, lake," and was also the word for a distribution point in the public water supply of ancient Rome.

laten

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

lasse

Noun : a common masculine given name in Nordic countries.

Noun : a male Scandinavian given name.

lache

Noun : The (sometimes simply Lache) a housing estate in the city of Chester, in Cheshire, United Kingdom, with a population of around 10,000.

Noun : a housing estate in Chester, England.

lakhs

Noun : One hundred thousand rupees.

Noun : (figurative) Often in the plural: an indefinitely large number; a zillion.

lardo

Noun : A type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices.

Noun : (derogatory, slang) An overweight person.

lawnd

Noun : Obsolete form of laund. [(archaic) A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.]

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