9-letter words containing d, o, i
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- klondiker — an East European factory ship
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- kozhikode — a city in W Kerala, in SW India.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- leopold i — 1640–1705, king of Hungary 1655–1705; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1658–1705.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- leukemoid — resembling leukaemia
- 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.
- lie doggo — Informal. in concealment; out of sight.
- lifeblood — the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- liliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Liliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- lim fjord — a fjord in N Denmark running E from the North Sea to the Kattegat. About 110 miles (175 km) long.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- limonoids — Plural form of limonoid.
- lindy hop — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
- linenfold — an ornamental motif resembling folded linen, carved on paneling.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- lion food — (humour) (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives from an old joke: Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"
- lipidosis — A disorder of lipid metabolism in the body tissues.
- live down — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- live load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- 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).
- localised — localisation
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- loliginid — any member of the squid family Loliginidae, having an elongated conical body and partially retractable tentacles.
- 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.
- londinium — the Latin name for London when it was a Roman city
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- loudening — Present participle of louden.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovechild — A child born to parents who aren't married to one another.
- low rider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.