6 Letter Words That Start With LA

lament

Verb : (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Noun : An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

Verb : (transitive) To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

lavish

Adjective : Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

Adjective : Superabundant; excessive.

Verb : (transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

lacuna

Noun : A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

Noun : (figurative) Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.

Noun : An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.

lagoon

Noun : A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

latent

Adjective : Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

Adjective : (pathology, of a virus) Remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.

Adjective : (biology) Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

lauded

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.

Noun : Glorification or praise.

Noun : Hymn of praise.

lackey

Noun : A fawning, servile follower.

Noun : A footman, a liveried male servant.

Verb : (transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.

lariat

Noun : A lasso.

Verb : (transitive) To lasso.

Noun : A tether.

launch

Verb : (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

Verb : (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale

Verb : (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.

latria

Noun : (theology) The highest form of worship, named adoration, properly given to the triune God alone.

labile

Adjective : Apt or likely to change.

Adjective : Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

Adjective : (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).

labour

Noun : An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

Noun : That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Noun : (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

lather

Noun : (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.

Verb : (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

latest

Adjective : Most recent.

Noun : The most recent thing, particularly information or news.

Verb : At the latest.

labrys

Noun : (LGBTQ) A symbol of a double-headed axe used to represent lesbian pride.

Noun : (mythology) A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.

lancet

Noun : A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.

Noun : A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.

Noun : (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.

laurel

Noun : (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.

Noun : An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

Noun : A crown of laurel.

laxity

Noun : The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.

Noun : Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.

larrup

Verb : (transitive) To beat or thrash.

Noun : (countable) A blow or smack.

Noun : (uncountable) backchat or rudeness

labial

Adjective : (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

Adjective : (linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.

Noun : (linguistics, phonetics) A consonant articulated by the lips.

landau

Noun : A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.

Noun : (by extension) A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages.

Noun : A surname.

lately

Verb : Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.

Verb : (slang) In a late manner; after-the-fact.

Verb : (of a peer) Formerly.

lander

Noun : A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.

Noun : One who lands, or who lands something.

Noun : (Internet) Synonym of landing page.

lay out

Verb : (transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).

Verb : (transitive) To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.

Verb : (transitive) To explain; to interpret.

lambda

Noun : (physics, mathematics) Unit representation of wavelength.

Noun : (finance) The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.

Noun : The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

lamina

Noun : A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.

Noun : (botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.

Noun : (anatomy) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.

layout

Noun : A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.

Noun : A plan for such arrangement.

Noun : The act of laying out something.

lazily

Verb : In a lazy manner.

Verb : In a slow manner.

lap up

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

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

langer

Noun : (slang, Ireland, derogatory) Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).

Noun : (slang, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, used in Cork) An annoying person.

Noun : (slang, Ireland, vulgar) Penis.

lap dog

Noun : A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.

Noun : (figurative) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover.

lacily

Verb : In a lacy manner.

lacery

Noun : Lace or laces collectively.

Noun : Something interlaced.

larynx

Noun : (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

lawyer

Noun : A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

Noun : A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

Verb : (informal, intransitive) To practice law.

lawful

Adjective : (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

Adjective : Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.

Adjective : (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.

larder

Noun : A food supply.

Noun : A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

lancer

Noun : (military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

Noun : One who lances something.

Noun : (entomology) Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.

lagena

Noun : (historical) A wine-vase; an amphora.

Noun : (anatomy) The upper part of the cochlear duct.

Noun : (anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates.

larger

Adjective : large or big relative to something els

laical

Adjective : (unusual or technical) Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople, i.e. the laity in general.

lay low

Verb : (informal, sometimes proscribed) To lie low, to be inconspicuous, especially when the potential object of search.

Verb : (transitive) To topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out.

Verb : (transitive) To put in an abject condition.

lacmus

Noun : (archaic) Litmus, orchil.

latigo

Noun : A strap used to tighten a cinch.

langet

Noun : A long thin strip of metal (usually either two or four) extending from the head of a staff weapon (such as a halberd) down a certain length of the wooden shaft, secured with nails or screws and designed to prevent splitting or breakage of the wood.

Noun : In some swords, an extension of the guard located on both flats of the blade, designed to fit tightly over the mouth of a scabbard and prevent accidental unsheathing.

Noun : A strong lace used in Holland for women's clothing.

latter

Adjective : Relating to or being the second of two items.

Adjective : Near (or nearer) to the end.

Adjective : In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.

layman

Noun : (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.

Noun : A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.

Noun : A common person.

labium

Noun : (anatomy, usually in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.

Noun : (entomology) A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.

Noun : (zoology) A liplike part of various invertebrates.

lacing

Noun : That with which something is laced.

Noun : The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.

Noun : A beating as punishment; a hiding.

labrum

Noun : (anatomy) Any of several lip-like projections.

Noun : (entomology, zootomy) The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.

Noun : A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath.

lapsed

Adjective : Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.

Adjective : (of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.

Adjective : (humorous) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.

lassie

Noun : (chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.

Noun : A name given to female dogs.

lastly

Verb : (sequence) Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.

Verb : (discourse marker) Used to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation.

lay off

Verb : (transitive, chiefly US, idiomatic) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).

Verb : (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.

lateen

Noun : (nautical) A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.

lasher

Noun : One who whips or lashes.

Noun : A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.

Noun : (UK) A weir in a river.

lanate

Adjective : Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.

lavabo

Noun : A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.

Noun : (humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

Noun : (Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.

laager

Noun : A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.

Noun : (military) A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply.

Verb : (transitive) To arrange in a circular formation for defence.

lapped

Adjective : Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.

laster

Noun : That which lasts or endures.

Noun : A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.

Noun : A tool for stretching leather on a last.

lapses

Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.

Noun : A decline or fall in standards.

Noun : A pause in continuity.

lacked

Verb : (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

Noun : A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.

Verb : (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).

lacker

Noun : One who is lacking, or in want.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of lacquer. [A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.]

Verb : Obsolete spelling of lacquer. [To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.]

lapsus

Noun : A slip, lapse, or error.

lation

Noun : (astrology, obsolete) Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.

lacune

Noun : A lacuna.

Noun : A lacunar stroke or infarct.

lathed

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.

lanary

Noun : (archaic) A place for storing wool.

larnax

Noun : (archaeology, historical) A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.

larper

Noun : A person who takes part in LARP (live-action role-play).

Noun : (by extension, derogatory) Someone who pretends to be part of a movement or group, often for the sake of gaining social status.

Noun : Alternative form of LARPer. [A person who takes part in LARP (live-action role-play).]

lathem

Noun : A surname.

lab rat

Noun : (idiomatic) A person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.

Noun : (idiomatic) A student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.

lavani

Noun : (India) A genre of music and dance popular in Maharashtra.

lawine

Noun : Alternative form of lauwine. [(poetic, dated) An avalanche.]

lameth

lading

Noun : (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.

Noun : (countable) The action of loading.

Noun : (figuratively) Burden.

landed

Adjective : In possession of land.

Adjective : Consisting of land, especially with a single owner.

lappet

Noun : A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

Noun : (zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.

Verb : (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.

lascar

Noun : (now chiefly historical) A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.

Noun : (Anglo-Indian) A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.

Noun : Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.

laddie

Noun : (Scotland, Northumbria) A small boy.

lamely

Verb : (colloquial) In a foolish or ineffective way.

Verb : In the manner of one who is lame.

lagger

Noun : One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.

Noun : (video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).

Noun : One who installs lagging.

lawman

Noun : (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

Noun : (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.

Noun : (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.

laying

Noun : The act by which something is laid (in any sense).

lauder

Noun : One who lauds (communicates high praises)

Noun : A follower of Archbishop William Laud

Noun : A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5347).

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.

laid up

Adjective : Unable to move about normally due to illness or injury, especially when confined to bed.

Adjective : Stored at a dock or other place of safety.

lashed

Adjective : (UK, slang) Drunk.

lay on

Verb : To provide.

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

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

lanier

Noun : A leather thong.

Noun : A strap used to secure armor.

Noun : A surname.

langue

Noun : (linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.

larker

Noun : One who indulges in a lark or frolic.

Noun : A catcher of larks (the bird).

laurie

Noun : A unisex given name.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Laura; popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given names Laurence or Lawrence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence.

laving

Noun : The act by which something is laved or washed.

lamber

Noun : A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.

Noun : A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of lamba (“Madagascan garment”). [The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body.]

lapser

Noun : One who lapses.

ladied

Adjective : addressed as "lady"

Adjective : (obsolete) ladylike i.e. gentle

lamaic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to lamaism.

lanyer

Noun : Alternative form of lanier. [A leather thong.]

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