9-letter words containing a, l, t, e
- left bank — a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- left half — a defensive player who plays midfield, on the left side of the pitch
- left-face — a 90° turn to the left, especially as a marching command.
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- left-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a left-handed, or counterclockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to right-laid).
- leftenant — Archaic form of lieutenant.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legislate — to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
- lemmatize — to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed.
- lemon tea — a hot drink that contains lemon juice or tastes of lemon
- lengthman — a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of road or railway line
- leotarded — Clad in a leotard.
- less than — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- let alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- lethality — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- letterman — a person who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- levantine — of or relating to the Levant.
- levanting — Present participle of levant.
- leviathan — (often initial capital letter) Bible. a sea monster.
- levigated — Simple past tense and past participle of levigate.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- levitated — Simple past tense and past participle of levitate.
- levitical — of or relating to the Levites.
- libellant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- liberator — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- life raft — a raft, often inflatable, for use in emergencies, as when a ship must be abandoned or when a plane is downed at sea.
- life-boat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- light ale — a type of beer that is light in colour and low in alcohol content
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- like that — in that way
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- limitable — Able to be limited.
- lineality — The quality of being lineal.
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.