9-letter words containing e, l, a, s, t
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lambasted — to beat or whip severely.
- lambastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambaste.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- landsleit — fellow Jews; sometimes, specif., those from the same town or village in Europe as oneself
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
- last mile — the distance walked by a condemned person from his or her cell to the place of execution.
- last name — surname (def 1).
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- laterites — Plural form of laterite.
- latescent — becoming latent
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf site — A machine that merely originates and reads Usenet news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare backbone site, rib site.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leafstalk — petiole (def 1).
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- leetspeak — a coded spelling system and language used in very informal communications on the Internet, featuring letters combined with numbers or special characters in place of letters that they may resemble, and including inventive misspellings, jargon, and slang.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legislate — to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
- less than — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.