9-letter words containing a, d, g
- lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
- laggardly — in the manner of a laggard.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landgrave — (in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
- landsting — (formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- languaged — Having a specified type or number of languages.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- languidly — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- legal aid — free legal service to persons unable to pay for a lawyer.
- legal pad — a ruled writing tablet, usually yellow and measuring 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 cm).
- legalised — to make legal; authorize.
- legalized — Simple past tense and past participle of legalize.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- leveraged — Simple past tense and past participle of leverage.
- levigated — Simple past tense and past participle of levigate.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- litigated — Simple past tense and past participle of litigate.
- lodgeable — Capable of being lodged.
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- madariaga — Salvador de [sahl-vah-th awr th e] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo) 1886–1978, Spanish diplomat, historian, and writer in England.
- maddening — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- madrigals — Plural form of madrigal.
- magdalena — a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1060 miles (1705 km) long.
- magdalene — the, Mary Magdalene.
- magdeburg — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- magnified — Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
- magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- maiduguri — a city in NE Nigeria.
- main drag — the main street of a city or town; main stem.
- make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- mandating — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- manriding — relating to the carrying of miners around a mine
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- medalling — (British spelling) present participle of medal.
- mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- megadeath — a unit of one million deaths: used in estimating or predicting the fatalities that would occur in a nuclear war.
- megadoses — Plural form of megadose.