9-letter words containing a, l
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- long clam — soft-shell clam.
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- long game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit shots, especially drives, for distance. Compare short game (def 1).
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long play — a long-playing phonograph record.
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long tail — the segment of a market representing the large number of products that sell in small quantities, considered by some to be of greater financial value than the few products that sell in very large quantities
- long wave — Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
- long-haul — line-haul.
- longaeval — Alt form longeval.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longboats — Plural form of longboat.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- loo paper — toilet paper
- look back — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- looseleaf — Consisting of loose leaves (pages), often collected in a binder, rather than being bound like a book or stapled.
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- los altos — a city in W California.
- los banos — a town in central California.
- los gatos — a town in W California.
- lose face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lothair i — a.d. 795?–855, king of Germany 840–843; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 840–855 (son of Louis I).
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
- louisiana — a state in the S United States. 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge. Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.
- love game — a game in which one's opponent fails to win a point.
- love seat — a small upholstered sofa for two people
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- loveseats — Plural form of loveseat.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low brass — an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.
- low latin — any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.