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Words starting with L, then A, ending in E

275 words fit this spine. The 240 most recognizable are listed below, longest and commonest first. They start with L, end with E, and contain A in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.

Near misses
  • label doesn't fit: it starts with L but ends with L, not E.
  • lecture doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no A in the middle.

4-letter words

lace, lade, lake, lame, lane, lase, late, lave, laze

5-letter words

ladle, lance, lapse, laree, large, lathe, latke, latte, lease, leave, liane

6-letter words

labile, lacune, laddie, lagune, lambie, lamiae, lanate, langue, lanose, larine, larvae, lassie, launce, laurae, lavage, lawine, league, legate, liable, liaise, librae, ligase, ligate, linage, lipase, loathe, lobate, locale, locate

7-letter words

labiate, lactase, lactate, lactone, lactose, lacunae, ladrone, laicise, laicize, laminae, lasagne, latrine, lattice, lauwine, lawlike, layette, leafage, leakage, legatee, librate, ligulae, likable, limbate, limeade, linable, lindane, lineage, lineate, linguae, linkage, liquate, livable, lovable, luggage

8-letter words

laborite, lacelike, lacerate, lacrosse, lacunate, lacunose, ladylike, ladylove, laetrile, lagnappe, laitance, lakelike, lakeside, lambaste, lamblike, lamellae, laminate, laminose, landline, landside, langrage, langsyne, language, lanoline, lapidate, lapsable, lapsible, lardlike, largesse, larksome, laterite, laterize, latinize, latitude, laudable, laureate, lavalike, laxative, layerage, lazulite, lazurite, leachate, leaflike, leasable, legalese, legalise, legalize, legatine, lemonade, lendable, leverage, leviable, levigate, levirate, levitate, liberate, lienable, liftable, liftgate, ligative, ligature, ligulate, likeable, limacine, lineable, linkable, listable, literate, litharge, litigate, liveable, loanable, lobulate, localise, localite, loveable

9-letter words

labelable, labialize, laciniate, lagniappe, lakeshore, lamellate, landscape, landslide, langouste, lapstrake, larvicide, lassitude, laudative, laughable, lavaliere, laypeople, lazarette, leachable, learnable, leastwise, legislate, leporidae, lidocaine, lightface, limitable, linearise, linearize, linoleate, liquidate, litigable, lixiviate, loadstone, loathsome, lucrative

10-letter words

lacerative, lachrymose, lacustrine, ladderlike, lamentable, lanceolate, lanthanide, lateralize, laundrette, lavalliere, lawyerlike, legitimate, lemniscate, lentamente, lexicalize, liberalise, liberalize, licensable, licentiate, lighterage, lightplane, limitative, listenable, literalize, literature, lithophane, littermate

11-letter words

labradorite, lacquerware, langbeinite, langoustine, laparoscope, launderette, leatherette, leatherlike, lecithinase, legionnaire, legislative, legislature, letterspace, libertinage

12-letter words

labyrinthine, laryngoscope, legitimatize

13-letter words

laryngectomee

14-letter words

lignosulfonate

18-letter words

lipopolysaccharide

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