9-letter words containing d, a, l, e
- late wood — summerwood.
- lateraled — Simple past tense and past participle of lateral.
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- 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.
- laurelled — Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves. Compare laurel family.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lead foot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- 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.
- lead pipe — a pipe made of lead
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- lead time — the period of time between the initial phase of a process and the emergence of results, as between the planning and completed manufacture of a product.
- 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.
- lead-foot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- lead-free — unleaded.
- leadbelly — Huddie [huhd-ee] /ˈhʌd i/ (Show IPA), ("Leadbelly") 1885?–1949, U.S. folk singer.
- 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.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leadville — a town in central Colorado: historic mining boom town.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leaf lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leaf mold — a compost or layer of soil consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves.
- leaf-lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- leafleted — Simple past tense and past participle of leaflet.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- learnedly — In an educated and knowledgable manner.
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- leathered — Simple past tense and past participle of leather.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- leewardly — (of a ship) tending to fall to leeward
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- left-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a left-handed, or counterclockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to right-laid).
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- legal aid — free legal service to persons unable to pay for a lawyer.
- legal pad — a ruled writing tablet, usually yellow and measuring 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 cm).
- legalised — to make legal; authorize.
- legalized — Simple past tense and past participle of legalize.
- 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)