Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

(1) - Lappet (v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.
(2) - Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

(1) - Lappish (n.) The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.
(2) - Lappish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.

(1) - Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
(2) - Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
(3) - Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
(4) - Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
(5) - Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
(6) - Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
(7) - Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.
(8) - Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
(9) - Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
(10) - Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.