9-letter words starting with LA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter LA. This section showcases how LA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with LA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| landscape | 14 | a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery | - |
| launching | 15 | the act of propelling with force | - |
| labyrinth | 17 | a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium | - |
| landslide | 11 | a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | - |
| landowner | 13 | a holder or proprietor of land | - |
| lawnmower | 17 | - | - |
| laughable | 15 | arousing or provoking laughter | it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much |
| lazybones | 23 | a lazy person | - |
| laborious | 11 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | spent many laborious hours on the project |
| lacerated | 12 | irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn | - |
| lamenting | 12 | vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | lamenting sinners |
| landshark | 17 | - | - |
| laminated | 12 | - | - |
| lamplight | 17 | light from a lamp | - |
| lakeshore | 16 | the shore of a lake | - |
| lampshade | 17 | a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | - |
| laundress | 10 | a working woman who takes in washing | - |
| labelling | 12 | - | - |
| labouring | 12 | doing arduous or unpleasant work | - |
| laterally | 12 | in a lateral direction or location | the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally |
| lactating | 12 | producing or secreting milk | lactating cows |
| lambasted | 14 | - | - |
| lamington | 12 | - | - |
| lamebrain | 13 | - | - |
| laryngeal | 13 | of or relating to or situated in the larynx | laryngeal infection |
| latecomer | 13 | someone who arrives late | - |
| laughably | 18 | so as to arouse or deserve laughter | her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well |
| lachrymal | 19 | of or relating to tears | - |
| lactation | 11 | feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | - |
| lakefront | 16 | land bordering a lake | - |
| lambswool | 16 | - | - |
| layperson | 14 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | - |
| languidly | 14 | in a languid and lethargic manner | the men languidly put on their jackets |
| largeness | 10 | the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | - |
| launchpad | 17 | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched | - |
| lavaliere | 12 | jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | - |
| laagering | 11 | - | - |
| labdacism | 16 | - | - |
| labdanums | 14 | - | - |
| labelable | 13 | - | - |
| labellate | 11 | - | - |
| labellers | 11 | - | - |
| labellist | 11 | - | - |
| labelloid | 12 | - | - |
| labelmate | 13 | - | - |
| labialise | 11 | pronounce with rounded lips | - |
| labialism | 13 | - | - |
| labiality | 14 | - | - |
| labialize | 20 | pronounce with rounded lips | - |
| laboredly | 15 | - | - |
| laborisms | 13 | - | - |
| laborists | 11 | - | - |
| laborites | 11 | - | - |
| laborsome | 13 | - | - |
| labourers | 11 | - | - |
| labourism | 13 | - | - |
| labourist | 11 | - | - |
| labourite | 11 | a member of the British Labour Party | - |
| labradors | 12 | - | - |
| labruscas | 13 | - | - |
| laburnums | 13 | - | - |
| laccolite | 13 | - | - |
| laccolith | 16 | - | - |
| lacebarks | 17 | - | - |
| lacemaker | 17 | - | - |
| lacerable | 13 | - | - |
| lacerates | 11 | - | - |
| lacertian | 11 | - | - |
| lacertids | 12 | - | - |
| lacertine | 11 | - | - |
| lacewings | 15 | - | - |
| lacewoods | 15 | - | - |
| laceworks | 18 | - | - |
| laciniate | 11 | having edges irregularly and finely slashed | a laciniate leaf |
| lackering | 16 | - | - |
| lackeying | 19 | - | - |
| lacklands | 16 | - | - |
| laconical | 13 | - | - |
| laconisms | 13 | - | - |
| lacquered | 21 | - | - |
| lacquerer | 20 | - | - |
| lacqueyed | 24 | - | - |
| lacrimals | 13 | - | - |
| lacrimary | 16 | - | - |
| lacrimoso | 13 | - | - |
| lacrosses | 11 | - | - |
| lacrymals | 16 | - | - |
| lactarian | 11 | - | - |
| lacteally | 14 | - | - |
| lactitols | 11 | - | - |
| lactivism | 16 | - | - |
| lactivist | 14 | - | - |
| lactulose | 11 | - | - |
| lacunaria | 11 | - | - |
| ladderier | 11 | - | - |
| laddering | 12 | - | - |
| laddishly | 17 | - | - |
| ladifying | 17 | - | - |
| ladlefuls | 13 | - | - |
| ladybirds | 16 | - | - |
| ladyflies | 16 | - | - |
| ladyfying | 20 | - | - |
| ladyhoods | 17 | - | - |
| ladyloves | 16 | - | - |
| ladypalms | 17 | - | - |
| ladyships | 18 | - | - |
| laetriles | 9 | - | - |
| laevigate | 13 | - | - |
| laevulins | 12 | - | - |
| laevulose | 12 | a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | - |
| laggardly | 15 | - | - |
| laggingly | 15 | - | - |
| lagnappes | 14 | - | - |
| lagniappe | 14 | a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) | - |
| lagomorph | 17 | relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing | - |
| lagrimoso | 12 | - | - |
| laicising | 12 | - | - |
| laicities | 11 | - | - |
| laicizing | 21 | - | - |
| laidliest | 10 | - | - |
| lairdlier | 10 | - | - |
| lairdship | 15 | - | - |
| lairising | 10 | - | - |
| lairizing | 19 | - | - |
| laitances | 11 | - | - |
| lakefills | 16 | - | - |
| lakeheads | 17 | - | - |
| lakelands | 14 | - | - |
| lakeports | 15 | - | - |
| lakesides | 14 | - | - |
| lakewards | 17 | - | - |
| lallation | 9 | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | - |
| lallygags | 14 | - | - |
| lamaistic | 13 | - | - |
| lamantins | 11 | - | - |
| lamaserai | 11 | - | - |
| lambastes | 13 | - | - |
| lambently | 16 | - | - |
| lambitive | 16 | - | - |
| lambkills | 17 | - | - |
| lamblings | 14 | - | - |
| lambrusco | 15 | - | - |
| lambskins | 17 | - | - |
| lamellate | 11 | - | - |
| lamelloid | 12 | - | - |
| lamellose | 11 | - | - |
| lamenters | 11 | - | - |
| laminable | 13 | - | - |
| laminaria | 11 | type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps | - |
| laminarin | 11 | - | - |
| laminates | 11 | - | - |
| laminator | 11 | a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) | - |
| laminitis | 11 | inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse | - |
| lamisters | 11 | - | - |
| lammigers | 14 | - | - |
| lampadary | 17 | - | - |
| lampadist | 14 | - | - |
| lampasses | 13 | - | - |
| lampblack | 21 | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | - |
| lampbrush | 18 | - | - |
| lamperses | 13 | - | - |
| lampholes | 16 | - | - |
| lampooned | 14 | - | - |
| lampooner | 13 | mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | - |
| lampposts | 15 | - | - |
| lampshell | 16 | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | - |
| lampstand | 14 | - | - |
| lampyrids | 17 | - | - |
| lancegays | 15 | - | - |
| lancejack | 24 | - | - |
| lancelets | 11 | - | - |
| lancelike | 15 | (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex | - |
| lanceolar | 11 | - | - |
| lancewood | 15 | source of most of the lancewood of commerce | - |
| lanciform | 16 | - | - |
| lancinate | 11 | painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | - |
| landamman | 14 | - | - |
| landaulet | 10 | - | - |
| landboard | 13 | - | - |
| landdamne | 13 | - | - |
| landdrost | 11 | - | - |
| landfalls | 13 | - | - |
| landfills | 13 | - | - |
| landforce | 15 | - | - |
| landforms | 15 | - | - |
| landgrabs | 13 | - | - |
| landgrave | 14 | a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany | - |
| landlines | 10 | - | - |
| landloper | 12 | - | - |
| landlords | 11 | - | - |
| landmarks | 16 | - | - |
| landmined | 13 | - | - |
| landmines | 12 | - | - |
| landraces | 12 | - | - |
| landrails | 10 | - | - |
| landsides | 11 | - | - |
| landskips | 16 | - | - |
| landsleit | 10 | - | - |
| landslips | 12 | - | - |
| landwards | 14 | toward land | - |
| landwinds | 14 | - | - |
| langlaufs | 13 | - | - |
| langouste | 10 | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | - |
| langrages | 11 | - | - |
| langridge | 12 | - | - |
| langshans | 13 | - | - |
| langspels | 12 | - | - |
| langspiel | 12 | - | - |
| langspils | 12 | - | - |
| langsynes | 13 | - | - |
| languaged | 12 | - | - |
| languages | 11 | - | - |
| languette | 10 | - | - |
| laniaries | 9 | - | - |
| lankiness | 13 | a tall and thin physique | - |
| lannerets | 9 | - | - |
| lanolated | 10 | - | - |
| lanolines | 9 | - | - |
| lanterloo | 9 | - | - |
| lanterned | 10 | - | - |
| lanthanon | 12 | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | - |
| lanthanum | 14 | a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth | - |
| lanthorns | 12 | - | - |
| lantskips | 15 | - | - |
| laodicean | 12 | - | - |
| lapboards | 14 | - | - |
| lapidated | 13 | - | - |
| lapidates | 12 | - | - |
| lapideous | 12 | - | - |
| lapidific | 17 | - | - |
| lapidists | 12 | - | - |
| lappering | 14 | - | - |
| lapstones | 11 | - | - |
| lapstrake | 15 | - | - |
| lapstreak | 15 | - | - |
| laquearia | 18 | - | - |
| larboards | 12 | - | - |
| larceners | 11 | - | - |
| larcenies | 11 | - | - |
| larcenist | 11 | a person who commits larceny | - |
| larcenous | 11 | having a disposition to steal | - |
| larchwood | 18 | - | - |
| lardalite | 10 | - | - |
| larderers | 10 | - | - |
| largening | 11 | - | - |
| largesses | 10 | - | - |
| larghetto | 13 | (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio | - |
| largition | 10 | - | - |
| lariating | 10 | - | - |
| larkiness | 13 | - | - |
| larkspurs | 15 | - | - |
| larrigans | 10 | - | - |
| larrikins | 13 | - | - |
| larrupers | 11 | - | - |
| larruping | 12 | - | - |
| larvicide | 15 | a chemical used to kill larval pests | - |
| larviform | 17 | - | - |
| larvikite | 16 | - | - |
| laryngals | 13 | - | - |
| laserdisc | 12 | - | - |
| laserdisk | 14 | - | - |
| laserwort | 12 | - | - |
| lashingly | 16 | - | - |
| lassitude | 10 | a feeling of lack of interest or energy | - |
| lassoings | 10 | - | - |
| lastborns | 11 | - | - |
| lastingly | 13 | in an enduring or permanent manner | - |
| latchkeys | 21 | - | - |
| lateeners | 9 | - | - |
| latencies | 11 | - | - |
| lateraled | 10 | - | - |
| laterborn | 11 | - | - |
| laterised | 10 | - | - |
| laterises | 9 | - | - |
| laterites | 9 | - | - |
| lateritic | 11 | - | - |
| laterized | 19 | - | - |
| laterizes | 18 | - | - |
| latescent | 11 | - | - |
| latewakes | 16 | - | - |
| latewoods | 13 | - | - |
| latherers | 12 | - | - |
| latherier | 12 | - | - |
| lathering | 13 | - | - |
| lathworks | 19 | - | - |
| lathyrism | 17 | - | - |
| laticifer | 14 | a plant duct containing latex | - |
| laticlave | 14 | - | - |
| latifondi | 13 | - | - |
| latifondo | 13 | - | - |
| latimeria | 11 | type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth | - |
| latinised | 10 | - | - |
| latinises | 9 | - | - |
| latinized | 19 | - | - |
| latinizes | 18 | - | - |
| latitancy | 14 | - | - |
| latitudes | 10 | - | - |
| latosolic | 11 | - | - |
| latration | 9 | - | - |
| latrociny | 14 | - | - |
| latticing | 12 | - | - |
| latticini | 11 | - | - |
| latticino | 11 | - | - |
| laudanums | 12 | - | - |
| laudation | 10 | - | - |
| laudative | 13 | - | - |
| laudators | 10 | - | - |
| laudatory | 13 | full of or giving praise | a laudatory remark |
| laughiest | 13 | - | - |
| laughings | 14 | - | - |
| laughline | 13 | - | - |
| laughsome | 15 | - | - |
| laughters | 13 | - | - |
| launchers | 14 | - | - |
| laundered | 11 | - | - |
| launderer | 10 | - | - |
| laundries | 10 | - | - |
| laureated | 10 | - | - |
| laureates | 9 | - | - |
| laureling | 10 | - | - |
| laurelled | 10 | crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | - |
| lavalavas | 15 | - | - |
| lavaliers | 12 | - | - |
| lavandins | 13 | - | - |
| lavateras | 12 | - | - |
| lavations | 12 | - | - |
| laveering | 13 | - | - |
| lavements | 14 | - | - |
| lavenders | 13 | - | - |
| laverocks | 18 | - | - |
| lavishers | 15 | - | - |
| lavishest | 15 | - | - |
| lavishing | 16 | - | - |
| lavoltaed | 13 | - | - |
| lavolting | 13 | - | - |
| lawcourts | 14 | - | - |
| lawgivers | 16 | - | - |
| lawgiving | 17 | - | - |
| lawlessly | 15 | in an illegal manner | - |
| lawmakers | 18 | - | - |
| lawmaking | 19 | the act of making or enacting laws | - |
| lawmonger | 15 | - | - |
| lawyering | 16 | - | - |
| laxations | 16 | - | - |
| laxatives | 19 | - | - |
| laxnesses | 16 | - | - |
| layabouts | 14 | - | - |
| laybacked | 21 | - | - |
| layerages | 13 | - | - |
| layerings | 13 | - | - |
| laymanise | 14 | - | - |
| laymanize | 23 | - | - |
| laypeople | 16 | - | - |
| layshafts | 18 | - | - |
| laystalls | 12 | - | - |
| lazarette | 18 | hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | - |
| lazaretto | 18 | hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | - |
| lazulites | 18 | - | - |
| lazurites | 18 | - | - |
| lazzarone | 27 | - | - |
| lazzaroni | 27 | - | - |
