9-letter words containing a, l
- libratory — oscillatory.
- 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.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- lidocaine — a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- 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 span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- 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.
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- lift-slab — noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- lig snail — banded Florida tree snail.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligations — Plural form of ligation.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- light air — a wind of 1–3 miles per hour (0.5–1.3 m/sec).
- light ale — a type of beer that is light in colour and low in alcohol content
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- lignaloes — agalloch.
- like that — in that way
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- lilangeni — a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Swaziland, equal to 100 cents.
- lima bean — a bean, Phaseolus limensis, having a broad, flat, edible seed.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limescale — A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- limit man — (in a handicap sport or game) the competitor with the maximum handicap
- limitable — Able to be limited.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- lindemann — Frederick Alexander, 1st Viscount Cherwell. 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany; Churchill's scientific adviser during World War II
- line call — the judgment of the umpire or linesman as to whether the ball has landed in or out of court
- line gale — equinoctial storm.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- line-haul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- 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.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.