5-Letter Words Containing LA

a job in an organization

coming at a subsequent time or stage

make or become black

a body of students who graduate together

make less taut

produce laughter

a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror

an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

in a boastful manner

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

a demand especially in the phrase

work very hard, like a slave

a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

not mixed with extraneous elements

hit hard

food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens

a boy or man

especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

cause to be slowed down or delayed

shine with a sudden light

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun

a blank gap or missing part

a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)

an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

remove with or as if with a ladle

being of crucial importance

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

beat severely with a whip or rod

mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

erupt or intensify suddenly

footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)

of or relating to a hair

thin layers of rock used for roofing

United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)

large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

be incompatible; be or come into conflict

strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk

the side of military or naval formation

move rapidly and as if blazing

killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in

electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

informal terms for money

a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

the 1st cervical vertebra

cover with planks

the quantity a flask will hold

fool or hoax

a crystal of snow

a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

a mistake resulting from inattention

(music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner

distinctive and stylish elegance

any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump

closed with a lace

a water-base paint that has a latex binder

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

a focus of public attention

of a pale purple color

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

make a loud noise

a person afflicted with leprosy

a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

a landowner

a loud resonant repeating noise

a biased way of looking at or presenting something

any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

a single splash

make a rattling sound

Belgian composer (1532-1594)

made of or resembling flakes

fasten with a buckle or buckles

a cloth having a crisscross design

remove with or as if with a ladle

any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

a cigar made with light-colored tobacco

fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat

make a loud noise

a Russian prison camp for political prisoners