9-letter words containing a, r, t, l
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
- lariating — Present participle of lariat.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- last-born — last in order of birth; youngest.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- later han — the Han dynasty after the interregnum a.d. 9–25.
- lateraled — Simple past tense and past participle of lateral.
- laterally — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
- laterborn — born later
- laterites — Plural form of laterite.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- latimeria — any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
- latration — an instance of barking
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- latrociny — banditry
- lattimore — Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- law court — court of law.
- lazarette — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazaretto — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lead tree — any of several tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, especially L. glauca, having pinnate leaves and white flowers.
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leathered — Simple past tense and past participle of leather.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leotarded — Clad in a leotard.
- 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.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- 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.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- libratory — oscillatory.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- 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.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.