English words: lap robe to lardiner
300 English words, part 12 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.
English words lap robe to lardiner
- lap robe noun: A small blanket that covers the legs of someone seated
- lap sash seatbelt noun: A type of seatbelt which goes across the pelvis and then up and diagonally across the body; the conventional type found in most cars today.
- lap steel noun: a type of acoustic guitar and steel guitar played on the musician's lap
- lap steel guitar noun: A type of steel guitar held in the lap, usually with six strings and a square neck.
- lap steel guitarist noun: Someone who plays the lap steel guitar.
- lap-top computer noun: Dated form of laptop computer.
- lap up verb: To consume by lapping; to drink (something) quickly.
- lapa noun: An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.
- lapachenole noun: The chromene 6-methoxy-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromene which is a photoaffinity ligand of some cytochromes
- lapacho noun: A herbal tea made from the inner bark of the tree Handroanthus impetiginosus.
- lapachol noun: Any of a group of natural phenolic compounds isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree.
- lapachone noun: Any of a small group of quinones, isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree, that have chemopreventive properties
- lapactic adjective: purgative; laxative
- Lapadula proper noun: A surname from Italian
- Lapage proper noun: A surname.
- Lapaglia proper noun: A surname.
- lapalapa noun: A three-sided Samoan warclub.
- lapalissade noun /ləˌpælɪˈsɑːd/: An obvious, self-evident truth, especially humorously so; a tautology or truism.
- lapalissian adjective: Very obvious, completely apparent.
- lapalissianly adverb: In a very obvious or completely apparent way or manner.
- LAPAN proper noun: The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space, an Indonesian space program.
- lapaquistat noun: A cholesterol-lowering drug.
- laparo- prefix: flank, side
- laparocele noun: A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
- laparoconversion noun: conversion of a laparoscopic procedure to a normal, open one
- laparoendoscopic adjective: Relating to laparoendoscopy
- laparoendoscopically adverb: In a laparoendoscopic manner.
- laparoendoscopy noun: laparoscopic endoscopy
- laparohysteropexy noun: ventrofixation of the uterus
- laparohysterosalpingo-oophorectomy noun /ˌlapərəˌhɪstərəsalˌpɪŋɡəˌəʊ.əfəˈrɛktəmi/: A complex surgical procedure that removes the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, typically through an abdominal or laparoscopic approach.
- laparohysterosalpingooophorectomy noun: Alternative form of laparohysterosalpingo-oophorectomy.
- laparoscope noun: A thin endoscope that may be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall.
- laparoscopic adjective: Of, relating to, or using laparoscopy or a laparoscope.
- laparoscopic surgery noun: laparoscopy
- laparoscopically adverb: By means of laparoscopy.
- laparoscopist noun: One who carries out laparoscopy.
- laparoscopy noun /lapəˈɹɒskəpi/: Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
- laparosternotomy noun: A laparoscopic sternotomy
- laparostomy noun: The surgical opening of the peritoneum to expose the abdominal contents
- laparotome noun: A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.
- laparotomic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or by means of laparotomy.
- laparotomist noun: A surgeon who performs a laparotomy
- laparotomize verb: To perform laparotomy upon.
- laparotomy noun: The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as...
- lapatinib noun: A particular oral drug used to treat cancer.
- lapatinib ditosylate noun: A particular oral drug used in the treatment of cancer.
- lapboard noun: A board held on the lap as a simple lap desk.
- lapcat noun: Alternative spelling of lap cat.
- lapcock noun: An armful or roll of grass laid down on the sward to dry for hay.
- LAPD noun: Link Access Procedures, D channel; specified in ITU-T Q.920 and ITU-T Q.921. The second layer protocol on the ISDN protocol stack.
- lapdance noun, verb: Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapdog noun: Alternative spelling of lap dog.
- lapdoggery noun: Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
- lapdogging noun: Synonym of lapdoggery
- Lape proper noun: A surname.
- Lapeer proper noun: A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States.
- lapel noun /ləˈpɛl/: 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.
- lapel mic noun: A small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the clothes.
- lapel pin noun: A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration,...
- lapeled adjective: Having lapels.
- lapelled adjective: Having lapels.
- lapelless adjective: Without lapels.
- LaPerm noun: A domestic cat of a particular breed with curly fur.
- lapful noun: As much as somebody's lap can hold.
- Lapham proper noun: A surname.
- laphamite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic dark red mineral containing arsenic, selenium, and sulfur.
- lapheld adjective, noun: Designed to be held on one's lap; being a laptop computer.
- laphet noun: Alternative form of lahpet.
- Laphroaig noun /ləˈfɹɔɪɡ/: Laphroaig whisky
- lapicide noun /ˈlæpɪsaɪd/: A stonecutter.
- Lapid proper noun: A surname.
- lapidable adjective: Nubile, mature for sexual intercourse (of a woman).
- lapidarian adjective, noun /ˌlæpɪˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/: Synonym of lapidary.
- lapidarious adjective: Consisting of stones; stony.
- lapidarist noun: A lapidary.
- lapidarium noun: A place where stone monuments and fragments of archaeological interest are exhibited.
- lapidary adjective, noun /ˈlæpɪdəɹi/: A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
- lapidary's lathe noun: A machine consisting of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used for grinding and polishing.
- lapidary's mill noun: Synonym of lapidary's lathe.
- lapidary's wheel noun: Synonym of lapidary's lathe.
- lapidate verb /ˈlæpɪˌdeɪt/: To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
- lapidation noun /ˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən/: The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
- lapidator noun: One who lapidates.
- lapideous adjective: Of the nature of stone; stony.
- lapidescence noun /ˌlæpɪˈdɛsən(t)s/: The state or quality of being lapidescent.
- lapidescent adjective /ˌlæpɪˈdɛsənt/: Capable of petrifying other bodies.
- lapidicolous adjective: That lives around or under rocks or stones
- lapidific adjective /ˌlæp.ɪˈdɪf.ɪk/: Forming or converting into stone; petrifying.
- lapidification noun: The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction, turning to stone
- lapidify verb: To become stone or stony.
- lapidist noun: A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
- lapidity noun: The quality of being a stone.
- Lapidot proper noun: A moshav in Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council council area, Northern District, Israel.
- lapieite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
- LaPierre proper noun: A surname from French, equivalent to English Stone.
- lapillar adjective: Relating to the lapillus
- lapilliform adjective: Having the form of small stones.
- lapillistone noun: A pyroclastic rock mostly composed of lapilli.
- lapillo noun: Synonym of lapillus (“lava fragment”).
- lapillopsid noun: Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the family †Lapillopsidae
- lapillus noun: A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano.
- lapin noun: Rabbit fur.
- Lapine proper noun: A surname.
- lapinise verb: Alternative form of lapinize.
- lapinization noun: The process of lapinizing.
- lapinize verb: To attenuate a virus, such that it can be used to make a vaccine, by passage through rabbits.
- lapis noun /ˈlæpɪs/: Ellipsis of lapis lazuli.
- lapis calaminaris noun: Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
- lapis infernalis noun: Fused silver nitrate, formerly used in cauterization
- lapis lazuli adjective, noun /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/: A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- lapislazzuli noun: Dated form of lapis lazuli.
- Lapita proper noun: An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.
- Lapith noun: One of a semi-legendary, semi-historical race of Thessaly.
- lapkin noun: A napkin for one's lap, often large, and typically used at outdoor food events (e.g. cookouts, camping, etc.).
- Lapkus proper noun: A surname.
- LaPlace proper noun /ləˈplɑs/: A surname from French, famously held by
- Laplace-Beltrami operator noun: A generalized version of the Laplace operator that can be used with Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
- Laplace-de Rham operator noun: A generalization of the Laplace operator; the anticommutator of the exterior derivative and the codifferential.
- Laplace distribution noun: A probability distribution consisting of two exponential distributions, one positive and one negative.
- Laplace expansion noun: An expression for the determinant |B| of an n × n matrix B that is a weighted sum of the determinants of n submatrices (or minors) of B, each of size (n −...
- Laplace operator noun: A differential operator, denoted ∆ and defined on ℝⁿ as Δ=∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂²)/(∂x_i²), used in the modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications.
- Laplace plane noun: The mean plane occupied by the orbit of a satellite during a precession cycle; the plane normal to the orbital precession pole of the satellite.
- Laplace's equation noun: The partial differential equation (∂²φ)/(∂x_1²)+(∂²φ)/(∂x_2²)+⋯+(∂²φ)/(∂x_n²)=0, commonly written Δφ=0 or ∇²φ=0, where Δ(=∇²) is the Laplace operator and φ...
- Laplace sphere noun: The region around a planet in which a satellite would maintain an orbit around the planet instead of its star.
- Laplace transform noun: an integral transform of positive real function f(t) to a complex function F(s); given by
- Laplacean adjective, noun /ləˈplɑsiən/: Alternative form of Laplacian.
- laplacian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Laplacean.
- Laplacian matrix noun: A square n×n matrix which describes an undirected graph of n vertices by letting rows and columns correspond to vertices, letting its diagonal elements...
- Lapland proper noun: The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.
- Lapland bunting noun: Synonym of Lapland longspur (Calracius lapponicus).
- Lapland longspur noun: Calcarius lapponicus, a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae.
- Lapland owl noun: The great grey owl.
- Laplander noun: A native or inhabitant of Swedish historical province Lapland
- Laplandic adjective: Of or relating to Lapland.
- Laplandish adjective: Of Lapland.
- Laplante proper noun: A surname.
- laplas noun: The assistant to a houngan or mambo.
- lapless adjective /ˈlæpləs/: Without a lap.
- laplet noun /ˈlæp.lət/: A type of tablet computer that includes a (removable) keyboard which may double as a screen cover.
- laplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lap.
- lapmark noun: A visible excess of paint marking an edge of a strip of paint application.
- Lapoint proper noun: A surname.
- Lapointe proper noun: A surname from French.
- Lapolla proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- laponite noun: A synthetic smectic clay that forms a clear, thixotropic gel when dispersed in water
- Laporta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Laporte proper noun: A surname from French.
- Lapougian adjective: Of or relating to Count Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854–1936), French anthropologist and theoretician of eugenics and racialism.
- lappa noun: A cross-batted swipe.
- lappaceous adjective: Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
- lappaconitine noun: An organic compound with analgesic effects, found in Aconitum species.
- lapped adjective, verb: Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.
- Lappeenranta proper noun: A city and municipality of South Karelia, in southeastern Finland.
- lapper noun, verb: One who laps liquid, who takes liquid in with the tongue.
- lapper-milk noun: curdled milk
- lappet noun, verb: A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
- lappet-faced vulture noun: A species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula Torgos tracheliotus.
- lappet moth noun: An eggar.
- lappeted adjective, verb: Having one or more lappets.
- lapphund noun: A type of spitz, traditionally used to herd reindeer
- Lappic adjective: Of or pertaining to Lapland or its inhabitants, the Lapps.
- Lappid noun: A member of the Caucasoid race, characterized by short stature and stocky build caused by adaptation to cold climate.
- lappie noun: loincloth
- Lappin proper noun: A surname.
- lapping noun, verb /ˈlæpɪŋ/: A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- Lappish adjective: Of, or pertaining to the Lapps or their language.
- Lappishness noun: The state or quality of being Lappish.
- lappmark noun: Any of a number of territories in the northern part of the old Kingdom of Sweden inhabited by the Sami people, loosely governed by the crown or by birkarls.
- Lapponian adjective, noun /ləˈpəʊ.ni.ən/: Of Lapland.
- Lapponian Herder noun: A breed of dog from Finland, used by the Sami to herd reindeer.
- Lapponic adjective: Of Lapland.
- lappy adjective, noun: A laptop computer.
- Laprade proper noun: A surname.
- Laprairie proper noun: A surname from French.
- LaPrise proper noun: A surname from French.
- laprobe noun: A blanket to cover the lap.
- lapsability noun: Alternative form of lapsibility.
- lapsable adjective: Alternative form of lapsible.
- lapsang noun: Ellipsis of lapsang souchong (“a black tea from the Chinese province of Fujian”).
- lapsang souchong noun: Alternative letter-case form of lapsang souchong.
- lapsarian adjective, noun /læpˈsɛəɹɪən/: Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence.
- lapsation noun: A lapse (act or result of lapsing)
- lapse noun, verb /læps/: A temporary failure; a slip.
- lapse rate noun: The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height.
- lapsed adjective, verb /læpst/: Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.
- lapsedness noun: The quality of having lapsed.
- lapser noun: One who lapses.
- lapserate noun: Alternative form of lapse rate.
- lapserdak noun: A traditional Jewish black kaftan.
- lapsha noun: A type of pasta noodles similar to vermicelli in Russian cuisine.
- lapshevnik noun: A casserole made from lapsha.
- lapsi noun: Apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by the Ancient Roman authorities.
- lapsibility noun: The property of being lapsible.
- lapsible adjective: Liable to lapse.
- lapsiine noun: Any spider of the genus Lapsias
- lapsing noun, verb /ˈlæpsɪŋ/: The act or process by which something lapses.
- lapsingly adverb: While lapsing; so as to lapse.
- lapskaus noun: A Norwegian stew of diced meat and vegetables, similar to scouse.
- Lapsley proper noun: A surname.
- lapstone noun: A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
- lapstrake adjective, noun: A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- lapstraked adjective: Synonym of lapstrake.
- lapstreak noun: Alternative form of lapstrake.
- lapstreaked adjective: Alternative form of lapstraked.
- lapsus noun /ˈlæpsəs/: A slip, lapse, or error.
- lapsus auris noun: An instance of mishearing, an error in hearing something correctly.
- lapsus calami noun: Synonym of slip of the pen.
- lapsus digiti noun /ˌlæpsəsˈdɪdʒɪtaɪ/: A “slip of the finger”; a miskeying.
- lapsus digitorum noun /ˈlæpsəs.dɪdʒɪˈtɔːɹəm/: A spelling error in signing.
- lapsus linguae noun /ˌlæpsəs ˈlɪŋɡwiː/: An inadvertent remark; a slip of the tongue.
- lapsus memoriae noun: A slip of memory; an instance of forgetting.
- lapsus oculi noun /ˌlæpsəs ˈɒkjʊlaɪ/: An error that results from looking in the wrong place, especially one that occurs while copying or translating a body of text.
- lapsus pennæ noun: Synonym of slip of the pen.
- lapsus plumæ noun /ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/: Synonym of slip of the pen.
- lapsus plumae noun: Alternative form of lapsus plumæ.
- lapta noun: A Russian bat and ball game first known to be played in the 14th century.
- lapti noun: A pair of the old traditional East Slavic (especially Russian) bast shoes, an obsolete traditional footwear of forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly...
- laptime noun: The time taken to complete a lap of the circuit.
- laptop adjective, noun, verb /ˈlæp.tɒp/: A laptop computer.
- laptop computer noun /ˈˈlaptɒpˌkəmˈpjuːtə/: A portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard.
- laptop hobo noun: A heavy user of freely available Wi-Fi and/or power outlets at coffee shops.
- laptoper noun: Alternative spelling of laptopper.
- laptopless adjective: Without a laptop computer.
- laptoplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a laptop.
- laptopped adjective: Having and using a laptop
- laptopper noun: One who uses a laptop.
- laptronica noun: Musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.
- Lapua proper noun: A town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland.
- lapunya noun: Alternative form of lapunyah.
- lapunyah noun: Any of three species of Australian eucalypts, Eucalyptus ochrophloia, Eucalyptus thozetiana and Eucalyptus argophloia.
- Laputa proper noun /ləˈpjuːtə/: A fictional flying island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
- Laputan adjective, noun /ləˈpjuːtən/: Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.
- Lapwai proper noun: A city and town in Idaho.
- lapward adverb: Toward a lap.
- lapware noun: Software designed for young children.
- lapwing noun /ˈlæpwɪŋ/: Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
- lapwise adverb: On a lap.
- lapwork noun: Work in which one part overlaps another.
- Lapworth proper noun: A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1671).
- Laque proper noun: A surname from Catalan.
- laquear noun /ˈlæk.wi.ɚ/: A lacunar.
- laquearia noun /ˌlæk.wiˈɛəɹ.i.ə/: The panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome; a coffered ceiling.
- laquearius noun: A gladiator who used a laqueus, or lasso.
- laqueus noun: The lasso used by a laquearius.
- laquinimod noun: An experimental immunomodulator being investigated as an oral treatment for multiple sclerosis.
- Laquisha proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
- lar noun, particle /lɑː/: singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
- lar gibbon noun: A primate in the Hylobatidae family, Hylobates lar, with black or brown fur and white hands and feet.
- Lara proper noun /ˈlɑː.ɹə/: A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Larabee proper noun: A surname.
- LaRae proper noun: A female given name.
- laraha noun: A type of citrus tree from Curaçao
- Larakia noun: Alternative spelling of Larrakia.
- laraman noun: An Albanian crypto-christian during the Ottoman rule of Albania
- Laramide adjective: Of or relating to an orogeny (period of mountain-building) in western North America, starting in the Late Cretaceous period.
- Laramidia proper noun: An island continent, during the late Cretaceous period, that now makes up the west coast of North America.
- Laramie proper noun: A city, the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States.
- Laraque proper noun: A surname.
- lararium noun /ləˈɹɛəɹi.əm/: In an ancient Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.
- larazotide noun: A chemical compound that inhibits the release of zonulin.
- larb noun /lɑɹb/: A Laotian or Thai spicy salad with ground, chopped, or minced meat and vegetables.
- Larbert proper noun: A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8682).
- larboard noun /ˈlɑːbɔːd/: The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.
- LARC noun: Acronym of Long-acting reversible contraception.
- larcener noun: One who commits larceny, a thief.
- larcenic adjective: larcenous; thievish
- larcenious adjective: Synonym of larcenous.
- larcenist noun: One who commits larceny, a thief.
- larcenous adjective: Given to larceny, tending to thievery.
- larcenously adverb: In a larcenous manner.
- larceny noun /ˈlɑː.sən.i/: The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
- larch noun /ˈlɑːtʃ/: A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves in fascicles.
- Larch Mountain salamander noun: Plethodon larselli, a small species of salamander endemic to the United States.
- larch turpentine noun: A turpentine obtained from European larch (Larix decisua, syn. Larix europaea).
- larchen adjective /ˈlɑɹt͡ʃən/: Of or pertaining to the larch tree.
- larchlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a larch.
- Larchmont proper noun: A village in the town of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York.
- larchwood noun: Wood of a larch tree (Larix)
- Larcom proper noun: A surname.
- Larcombe proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- lard noun, verb /lɑːd/: Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
- lard-bucket noun: Synonym of lard-ass.
- lard down verb: To weigh down (something, usually a person or food) by making it fatty.
- lard up verb: To prepare a food for cooking by stuffing it with fat.
- lardacein noun: A protein found in tissues affected with amyloid degeneration. It is insoluble in nearly all reagents, is not acted upon by gastric juice, and is not...
- lardaceous adjective: Resembling lard.
- lardalite noun: A nepheline monzonite mineral.
- lardboy noun: An overweight person.
- larded adjective, verb: coated or stuffed with fat or strips of bacon etc
- larder noun /ˈlɑː.də/: A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored.
- larder beetle noun: A dermestid beetle which is a common pest of stored food and other products of animal origin, Dermestes lardarius
- larderellite noun: A dimorph of ammonioborate. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
- larderer noun: Someone in charge of a larder.
- larderful noun: Enough to fill a larder.
- larderhoard verb: To hoard food in a small number of relatively large caches, often defended.
- larderhoarder noun: An animal that larderhoards
- larderlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a larder.
- lardery noun: A larder.
- lardiner noun /ˈlɑːdɪnə/: An officer originally charged with overseeing a larder, but who later became a sinecurist.
Part 11 · Part 13 · English words: L
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under L: 22,765 words, in 76 parts.