9-letter words containing a, n, d, e
- land lane — (in an ice floe) an opening that leads toward a shore.
- land line — a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- land mine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- landaulet — an automobile having a convertible top for the back seat, with the front seat either roofed or open.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- landgrave — (in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
- landlines — Plural form of landline.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- landmines — Plural form of landmine.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landsleit — fellow Jews; sometimes, specif., those from the same town or village in Europe as oneself
- landslide — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- languaged — Having a specified type or number of languages.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- 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.
- lanterned — Simple past tense and past participle of lantern.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- 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.
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- laundered — Simple past tense and past participle of launder.
- launderer — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- lead line — a line by which a lead is lowered into the water to take soundings: in deep-sea practice, divided into levels one fathom apart, variously treated as marks and deeps.
- leaderene — a female leader, esp one who is strong and formidable
- leadplant — a North American shrub, Amorpha canescens, of the legume family, the leaves and twigs of which have a gray cast.
- learnedly — In an educated and knowledgable manner.
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- leninabad — former (1936–91) name of Khodzhent.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- levelland — a city in NW Texas.
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- 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.
- lindemann — Frederick Alexander, 1st Viscount Cherwell. 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany; Churchill's scientific adviser during World War II
- link-dead — Said of a MUD character who has frozen in place because of a dropped network connection.
- load line — Also called Plimsoll line. any of various lines marked on the sides of a cargo vessel to indicate the depth to which a vessel may be immersed under certain conditions. Compare freeboard (def 1a).
- loadstone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- loanblend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- 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.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.