Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Laureate (v. i.) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
(2) - Laureate (n.) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
(3) - Laureate (a.) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

(1) - Laureateship (n.) State, or office, of a laureate.

(1) - Laurel (n.) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
(2) - Laurel (n.) A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
(3) - Laurel (n.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.

(1) - Laurentian (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.

(1) - Lava (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.