9-letter words containing d, o, a, l
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- leotarded — Clad in a leotard.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- 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.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- live load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- llandudno — a town and resort in NW Wales, in Conwy county borough on the Irish Sea. Pop: 14 872 (2001)
- load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
- load fund — a mutual fund that carries transaction charges, usually a percentage of the initial investment.
- 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).
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- loadstone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loanblend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lobulated — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- localised — localisation
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- loculated — Locular.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- lodgeable — Capable of being lodged.
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lowballed — Simple past tense and past participle of lowball.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- macdonald — James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.
- macdowell — Edward Alexander, 1861–1908, U.S. composer and pianist.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- madonsela — Thuli (ˈtʊlɪ). born 1962, South African advocate; in her term as Public Protector (2009–16) she was noted for exposing political corruption
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- make bold — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.