9-letter words containing a, l
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- leotarded — Clad in a leotard.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- les cayes — Les. Les Cayes.
- lespedeza — any shrub or herb belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and lavender flowers, grown for forage, soil improvement, etc.
- 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.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukaemia — (UK) alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- levallois — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- levantine — of or relating to the Levant.
- levanting — Present participle of levant.
- levelland — a city in NW Texas.
- leveraged — Simple past tense and past participle of leverage.
- leverages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leverage.
- leviathan — (often initial capital letter) Bible. a sea monster.
- levigable — capable of being levigated or ground into a fine powder
- 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.
- lexically — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- li tai po — Li Po.
- liability — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- libations — Plural form of libation.
- libellant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- liberalia — an ancient Roman festival held annually in honor of Liber and Libera.
- liberally — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- 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.
- libidinal — Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- librairie — a bookshop
- librarian — a person trained in library science and engaged in library service.
- libraries — Plural form of library.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.