6 Letter Words That Start With LA

lament

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

Noun : A song expressing grief.

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

lavish

Adjective : Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

Adjective : Superabundant; excessive.

Adjective : (obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.

lacuna

Noun : (particularly anatomy) A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.

Noun : (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.

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

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

Noun : Glorification or praise.

Noun : Hymn of praise.

Noun : (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.

lackey

Noun : A footman, a liveried male servant.

Noun : A fawning, servile follower.

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

lariat

Noun : A lasso.

Noun : A tether.

Noun : (wrestling) An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.

launch

Verb : (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

Verb : (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.

latria

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

labile

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

Adjective : Apt or likely to change.

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

labour

Noun : 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.

Noun : (countable) A state of agitation.

latest

Adjective : (now rare, poetic) Last, final.

Adjective : Most recent.

Verb : At the latest.

labrys

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

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

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 : (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

laurel

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

Noun : A crown of laurel.

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

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.

Adjective : (dentistry, of an incisor or canine) On the side facing the lips. See mesial.

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.

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

Verb : (of a peer) Formerly.

lander

Noun : One who lands, or who lands something.

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

Noun : (mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

lay out

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

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 explain; to interpret.

lambda

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

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

Noun : (physics) The cosmological constant.

lamina

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

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.

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

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

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

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 with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

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 : (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of 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 cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

Noun : A food supply.

lancer

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

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

Noun : One who lances something.

lagena

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.

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

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

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

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

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 : Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

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

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 : (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.

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

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

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, of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.

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

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

Noun : (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.

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

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 : 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.

Noun : That which lasts or endures.

lapses

Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.

Noun : A decline or fall in standards.

Noun : A pause in continuity.

lacked

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

Noun : (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

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

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 lacunar stroke or infarct.

Noun : A lacuna.

lathed

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.

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 student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.

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

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 : (countable) The action of loading.

Noun : (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.

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.

Noun : A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.

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 : In the manner of one who is lame.

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

lagger

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

Noun : One who installs lagging.

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

lawman

Noun : (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

Noun : (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.

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

laying

Noun : the production of eggs (especially in birds

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

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.

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 : (transitive, idiomatic) to provide (food or drinks) for free

Verb : To provide

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

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 : A catcher of larks (the bird).

Noun : One who indulges in a lark or frolic.

laurie

Noun : A unisex given name.

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

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name.

laving

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

lamber

Noun : A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.

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

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 : (obsolete) ladylike i.e. gentle

Adjective : addressed as "lady"

lamaic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to lamaism.

lanyer

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

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