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Showing words for LATERAL using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Lateral

lateral, llareta

6 Letter Words for Lateral

alerta, latera, relata, taller, tellar

5 Letter Words for Lateral

alate, alert, aller, altar, alter, areal, artal, artel, later, ratal, ratel, reaal, reata, retal, talar, talea, taler, tarea, telar

4 Letter Words for Lateral

alae, alar, area, aret, arle, arte, atar, atle, earl, eral, erat, laer, laet, lare, lata, late, leal, lear, leat, ller, rale, rall, rata, rate, real, taal, taar, tael, tala, tale, tall, tara, tare, teal, tear, tela, tell, tera

3 Letter Words for Lateral

aal, aer, ala, ale, all, alt, ara, are, art, ate, ear, eat, ela, ell, elt, era, ert, eta, laa, lar, lat, lea, ler, let, ltr, rat, rea, rel, rle, rte, taa, tal, tar, tea, tel, ter, tlr, tra

Definitions for Lateral

[1] of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
[2] pertaining to or entailing a position, office, etc., that is different but equivalent or roughly equivalent in status, as distinguished from a promotion or demotion: a lateral move.
[3] Phonetics . articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l.
[4] a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
[5] Mining . a small drift off to the side of a principal one.
[6] Phonetics . a lateral speech sound.
[7] Football . lateral pass.
[8] Football . to throw a lateral pass.
[9] to move laterally or sideways: migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May.
[10] Football . to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass.
[11] of or relating to the side or sides a lateral blow
[12] phonetics (of a speech sound like l ) pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream
[13] a lateral object, part, passage, or movement
[14] phonetics a lateral speech sound
[15] botany a branch, leaf, or bud that grows out from the side of a stem or trunk

Words related to Lateral

oblique, side, crabwise, edgeways, flanking, sidelong, sideward, skirting

Words nearby Lateral

latent time, later, later han, later on, laterad, lateral, lateral aberration, lateral ampullar nerve, lateral bud, lateral canal, lateral cartilage of nose

Origin of Lateral

1590–1600; < Latin laterālis of the side, equivalent to later- (stem of latus ) side + -ālis -al1

Other words from Lateral

lat·er·al·ly , adverb
pseu·do·lat·er·al , adjective
lat′ er•al•ly adv.

Word origin for Lateral

C17: from Latin laterālis, from latus side

Synonyms for Lateral

oblique, side, crabwise, edgeways, flanking, side-by-side, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting