Laboratory Name Generator

One press names a made-up laboratory, says where it is and what it officially studies.

Laboratory Name Generator: 20 laboratories

The Marker Nine Laboratory, across the road from a petting zoo. Officially it studies snow that settles on only one roof.

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NameMarker Nine
Kind of labLaboratory
Whereacross the road from a petting zoo
Officially studiessnow that settles on only one roof

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The Ninth Street Research Institute, in a row of shipping containers by the river. Officially it studies what ends up in the lost-and-found.
The Cattermoor Herbarium, in a greenhouse at the edge of an airfield. Officially it studies the patterns frost makes on glass.
The Ninth Street Insectary, through the paint aisle of a hardware store. Officially it studies soap that never gets smaller.
The Building Twelve Wind Tunnel, in a windmill that turns on still days. Officially it studies sunflowers that face the wrong way.
The Second Shift Herbarium, in a windmill that turns on still days. Officially it studies the songs of crickets.
The Cuthby Laboratory, across the road from a petting zoo. Officially it studies soap that never gets smaller.
The Everstoke Insectary, upstairs from a bowling alley with ten lanes. Officially it studies why the air smells different before a storm.
The Jessamer Field Station, in the last car of a parked train. Officially it studies soap that never gets smaller.
The Far Field Research Institute, between two sugar beet fields. Officially it studies how pigeons know the lunch hour.
The Fennworthy Wet Lab, at the last stop of the number nine bus. Officially it studies what ends up in the lost-and-found.
The Dunsworthy Herbarium, at the end of a private rail spur. Officially it studies fog that follows the river.
The North Pier Weather Station, at the top of a converted water tower. Officially it studies dust that settles only on Tuesdays.
The Dock Four Wind Tunnel, three floors under a public library. Officially it studies a potato older than the building.
The Cuthby Field Station, in a barn with a satellite dish on every side. Officially it studies the weather inside a greenhouse.
The Graymarch Observatory, behind the last door of a long corridor. Officially it studies the hum in the basement freezer.
The Underforth Clean Room, behind a bakery that never seems to open. Officially it studies moss that grows in straight lines.
The Haldaby Model Basin, inside a hollowed-out hill. Officially it studies snails whose shells coil the other way.
The Ingleforth Herbarium, in two rooms over a laundromat. Officially it studies how cats find the warmest spot.
The Tolliby Test Kitchen, at the bottom of a disused quarry. Officially it studies the sound of the sea in a shell.
The Kessaby Insectary, through the paint aisle of a hardware store. Officially it studies the weather inside a greenhouse.

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How it works

This laboratory name generator makes up a lab for a story or a game: a founder or a plain name, a real kind of research place, where it is, and what it says it studies.

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Name a laboratory

Press New laboratory name. Tap any of the four parts to lock it, then press again to change the rest. Lock the place and press on to move a different lab into the same odd building.

Kinds of lab

A wet lab handles chemicals, so its rooms are carefully designed; a dry lab works on computers. A clean room keeps airborne particles very low. An anechoic chamber stops echoes, a wind tunnel makes a controlled stream of air, and a herbarium keeps preserved plants.

Tips

Lock the subject and press again to see which lab claims to study it.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between a wet lab and a dry lab?

A wet lab is a laboratory where chemicals are handled, so the room has to be carefully designed and built. A dry lab does work such as computer or mathematical analysis, where the experiments involve no significant risk.

What is a clean room?

A clean room is an engineered space that keeps a very low concentration of airborne particles. It is well isolated and actively cleaned.

What is a good name for a fictional laboratory?

A founder's surname, or a plain name of the kind a building gets from its street or its old use, then the kind of lab.

Are these real laboratories?

No. The founders' names are invented and were searched in name lists and across Wikipedia, and the places and subjects were written for this page. The kinds of lab are real.

Name: all 67 names

Made-up founders 44

Aldermast
Aldworthy
Arlowick
Atherby
Bickerstane
Cattermoor
Cuthby
Dunmorrow

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Made-up founders, continued

Dunsworthy
Everstoke
Fennimer
Fennworthy
Graymarch
Haldaby
Hallowick
Hattermoor
Inchmoor
Ingleforth
Jarrowell
Jeffersby
Jessamer
Kessaby
Lattimoor
Lindover
Mossworthy
Orlowick
Ottaby
Pellowick
Quellby
Quillworthy
Rendover
Rillaby
Sennaby
Settermoor
Thackwright
Tindlow
Tolliby
Underby
Underforth
Vennworthy
Wessaby
Wetherstoke
Wexworth
Yardrow

Plain names 23

Boiler House
Building Twelve
Cinder Lane
Dock Four
East Reservoir
Far Field
Ferry Road
Gravel Yard
Low Bridge
Lower Paddock
Marker Nine
Marsh Lane
Ninth Street
North Pier
North Stairs
Old Creamery
Pump Street
Pumphouse
Quarry Gate
Saltworks
Second Shift
Seven Chimneys
West Gate

How this list was compiled: 67 names for a made-up laboratory in a story or a game, written for this page: invented founders' surnames, and plain names of the kind a building gets from its street or its old use. Each made-up name was checked by script on 2026-10-02 against a dictionary, lists of first names and surnames, GeoNames places (towns of the world, and every name in the tables for the United Kingdom and the United States; https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), names from published fiction, every list on this site, the page titles of English Wikipedia and a full-text search of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). 46 of 100 candidates were cut (19 found on English Wikipedia; 11 a name from published fiction, or one letter from one; 8 a real first name or surname; 5 a real place; 2 already on another list of this site; 1 a rude word inside the letters). The names come from one list kept for all the made-up place pages of this site, so none is on two pages. No list of names is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Each plain name was also searched with every kind on this page as a page title of English Wikipedia. Two more names were taken out after a second check: one spells a real place when it is written as two words, and one is a letter away from a real village. Licence: own work

Kind of lab: all 18 kinds of lab

Rooms and rigs 9

Anechoic Chamber A room designed to stop reflections or echoes of sound or of electromagnetic waves.
Clean Room An engineered space that keeps a very low concentration of airborne particles.
Dry Lab A laboratory for work such as computer or mathematical analysis.
Laboratory A facility that provides controlled conditions for research, experiments and measurement.

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Rooms and rigs, continued

Model Basin A basin or tank for testing ship models in water.
Pilot Plant A small production system built to learn about a new technology before full scale.
Test Kitchen A kitchen used for developing new kinds of food.
Wet Lab A laboratory where chemicals are handled, so the room is carefully designed and built.
Wind Tunnel An apparatus that produces a controlled stream of air for experiments.

Living collections 5

Herbarium A collection of preserved plant specimens kept for scientific study.
Insectary A place for keeping living insects.
Phytotron An enclosed research greenhouse for studying how plants and their environment interact.
Seed Bank A store of seeds kept to preserve genetic diversity.
Vivarium An enclosed area for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research.

Stations and institutes 4

Field Station A kind of research station: a facility built for scientific research, often somewhere remote.
Observatory A place used for observing events on land, at sea or in the sky.
Research Institute An establishment founded for doing research.
Weather Station A facility with instruments for measuring atmospheric conditions.

How this list was compiled: 18 real kinds of research place. Each line follows the English Wikipedia article or the English Wiktionary entry on that kind (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-10-02; some lines keep the source's own words. No line describes a hazard or a method. Licence: own selection; meanings from English Wikipedia and English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Where: all 43 places

Underneath 9

at the bottom of a disused quarry
beneath the diving boards of a closed swimming pool
in a drained canal lock
in a salt mine open to tours on Sundays
in the basement of a planetarium
inside a hollowed-out hill
three floors under a public library
under a traffic roundabout
under the bleachers of the high school gym

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Up high 9

at the top of a converted water tower
in a cabin where the snow never melts
in a lighthouse that no longer has a lamp
in a windmill that turns on still days
in the attic of the natural history museum
in two rooms over a laundromat
on the roof of the tallest building in town
on the top floor of a parking garage
upstairs from a bowling alley with ten lanes

In town 11

across the road from a petting zoo
at the end of a private rail spur
behind a bakery that never seems to open
behind the last door of a long corridor
behind the scoreboard of an old stadium
in a signal box on a closed branch line
in the last car of a parked train
in the old wing of a shoe factory
on the switchboard floor of a former telephone exchange
through the paint aisle of a hardware store
two doors down from the mayor's office

Out of town 14

at the last stop of the number nine bus
beside a reservoir that is on no map
between two sugar beet fields
down a lane the mail carrier skips
in a barn with a satellite dish on every side
in a boathouse on a lake that freezes early
in a farmhouse with too many antennas
in a greenhouse at the edge of an airfield
in a row of shipping containers by the river
inside a retired ferry
on a barge moored upriver
on a pier closed to the public
on a sandbar you can walk to at low tide
past the third cattle grid on a moor road

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 43 places for a made-up laboratory, written on 2026-10-02 and checked by script against every list on this site. They are invented and describe no real place. Licence: own work

Officially studies: all 46 subjects

Everyday puzzles 14

the batteries in the hallway clock
the bounce of rubber balls
bread that will not go stale
dust that settles only on Tuesdays
how far a whisper carries
how long a soap bubble can last
how pigeons know the lunch hour
the migration of shopping carts

Show all 46 subjects (38 more)

Everyday puzzles, continued

tides in a bathtub
what ends up in the lost-and-found
which paper airplanes fly farthest
why the east wing is always cold
why the vending machine is always warm
the yawning of students

Plants, animals and weather 16

the color of the sky at four in the morning
fog that follows the river
the growth rings of very old trees
how cats find the warmest spot
moss that grows in straight lines
the paths ants take around a chalk line
the patterns frost makes on glass
seeds that have slept for a century
the shadows of clouds
the sleep of houseplants
snails whose shells coil the other way
the songs of crickets
sunflowers that face the wrong way
the taste of rainwater
the weather inside a greenhouse
why the air smells different before a storm

Odd things 16

a clock that gains a minute a year
a hill where cars seem to roll uphill
a pond that stays warm all winter
a potato older than the building
a puddle that never dries
an echo that answers a little slowly
the door that opens by itself
the hum in the basement freezer
the hum that only dogs can hear
nothing in particular
radio signals from the parking lot
snow that settles on only one roof
soap that never gets smaller
the sound of the sea in a shell
static on an old radio station
why the lights flicker at noon

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 46 harmless subjects a made-up laboratory says it studies, written on 2026-10-02 and checked by script against every list on this site. They are jokes for a story, not science. Licence: own work