9-letter words containing d, e, n, a, l
- forelands — Plural form of foreland.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- gable end — an end wall bearing a gable.
- gallanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallant.
- gardenful — An amount sufficient to fill a garden.
- garlanded — a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration: A garland of laurel was placed on the winner's head.
- garlander — One who makes or bears a garland.
- gavelkind — (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a rental in money or produce rather than for labor or military service.
- genocidal — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- geraldton — a seaport in W Australia.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gladdened — Simple past tense and past participle of gladden.
- gladstone — William Ewart [yoo-ert] /ˈyu ərt/ (Show IPA), 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.
- glandered — affected with glanders.
- glandless — Without glands.
- glandlike — Resembling a gland or some aspect of one.
- glandules — Plural form of glandule.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- greendale — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- greenland — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- hand bell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- hand lens — a magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand.
- hand-held — held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch.
- handbells — Plural form of handbell.
- handhelds — Plural form of handheld.
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- handseled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- headlined — Simple past tense and past participle of headline.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- heathland — An extensive area of heath.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- hindafell — Hindfell.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.