laterite

n [U] type of red soil occurring in tropical regions and widely used there for making roads 砖红壤（热带地区广泛用以筑路的）.

last but not least, last name, last will and testament, lasting, lastly, lat, latch, latchkey, latchkey child, late, latecomer, lately, latency, latent, latent heat, latent image, latent period, later, lateral, lateral thinking, latest, latex, lath, lathe, lather, Latin, Latin America, Latin cross, Latinist, latish, latitude, latitudinal, latitudinarian, latrine, latter, latter-day, latterly, lattice, lattice window, laud,