9-letter words containing a, l
- languidly — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- lantastic — (networking, product) A trademarked name for numerous products of Artisoft, Inc..
- lanterloo — A meaningless chant or refrain.
- lanterned — Simple past tense and past participle of lantern.
- lanthanum — a rare-earth, trivalent, metallic element, allied to aluminum, found in certain minerals, as monazite. Symbol: La; atomic weight: 138.91; atomic number: 57; specific gravity: 6.15 at 20°C.
- lanthorns — Plural form of lanthorn.
- lanzarote — the most easterly of the Canary Islands; mountainous, with a volcanic landscape; tourism, fishing. Pop: 109 942 (2002 est). Area: 795 sq km (307 sq miles)
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
- lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
- laplander — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- lardasses — Plural form of lardass.
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
- largeleaf — Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.
- largeness — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- largesses — generous bestowal of gifts.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
- lariating — Present participle of lariat.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larkspurs — Plural form of larkspur.
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- larry car — a car moving on rails and equipped on its underside with a hopper, used to charge coke ovens from above.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.