Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Langsyne (adv. & n.) Long since; long ago.

(1) - Language (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.
(2) - Language (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
(3) - Language (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
(4) - Language (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
(5) - Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
(6) - Language (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
(7) - Language (n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
(8) - Language (n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
(9) - Language (n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.

(1) - Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.
(2) - Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

(1) - Languid (a.) Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
(2) - Languid (a.) Slow in progress; tardy.
(3) - Languid (a.) Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.