9-letter words containing c, l, e, a
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- law clerk — an attorney, usually a recent law-school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
- lay clerk — lay vicar.
- le cateau — a town in NE France: site (August 26, 1914) of the largest British battle since Waterloo, which led to the disruption of the German attack on the Allies. Pop: 6998 (2009)
- leachable — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- left back — a defending player on the left side of the field
- left-face — a 90° turn to the left, especially as a marching command.
- legal cap — ruled writing paper in tablet form, measuring approximately 8½ × 13 to 14 inches (22 × 33 to 36 cm).
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- les cayes — Les. Les Cayes.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- levitical — of or relating to the Levites.
- lexically — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- 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.
- line call — the judgment of the umpire or linesman as to whether the ball has landed in or out of court
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- localised — localisation
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- localizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of localize.
- locatable — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- locellate — split into secondary cells
- lock gate — one of the two gates of a lock
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- loculated — Locular.
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- lose face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.