9-letter words containing a, n, d, i
- land-wind — a wind that comes from the land
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- landlines — Plural form of landline.
- landmines — Plural form of landmine.
- 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.
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- landsting — (formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.
- languidly — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- 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.
- leninabad — former (1936–91) name of Khodzhent.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- libidinal — Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- 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.
- 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
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- link-dead — Said of a MUD character who has frozen in place because of a dropped network connection.
- linksland — land used or suitable for use as golf links
- 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).
- lunitidal — pertaining to the part of the tidal movement dependent upon the moon.
- macedoine — a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
- macedonia — Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] /ˈmæs ɪˌdɒn/ (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- maddening — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- madeleine — a small shell-shaped cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter and baked in a mold.
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- magnified — Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
- magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- main body — the hull, as distinguished from the rest of a ship.
- main deck — the uppermost weatherproof deck, running the full length of a ship.
- main door — the principal or largest door that is used to enter a building which has more than one door
- main drag — the main street of a city or town; main stem.
- main idea — the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.
- main road — principal street
- main yard — a yard for a square mainsail.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- mainlined — Simple past tense and past participle of mainline.
- maldivian — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- man-child — a male child; boy; son.
- man-sized — large; big; generous: a man-sized sandwich.