9-letter words containing d, o, l, a, r
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- hand-roll — (jargon) (From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to "ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to bugs or was defeated by something exceptional in the local environment. "The worst thing about being a gateway between four different nets is having to hand-roll a new sendmail configuration every time any of them upgrades."
- hard coal — anthracite.
- hard loan — a foreign loan which is to be paid back in an agreed currency which has stability and economic strength
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- harold ii — 1022?–66, king of England 1066: defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (son of Earl Godwin).
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- idiolatry — Autolatry, or self worship.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- idolators — Plural form of idolator.
- idolatory — Misspelling of idolatry.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing
- landdrost — the chief magistrate of a district
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- landlords — Plural form of landlord.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- 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.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- 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.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- 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.