1. [adj]  more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence; "these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the book"; "latter (or later) part of the 18th century"
2. [adj]  referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case"

LATTER(A) is a 9 letter word that starts with L.