9-letter words containing e, l, g, r
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lindegren — Erik (Johan) [ey-rik yoo-hahn] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈyu hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1910–68, Swedish poet and literary critic.
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- littering — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- logrolled — Simple past tense and past participle of logroll.
- logroller — Someone who logrolls; one who competes in a logrolling.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longerons — Plural form of longeron.
- longliner — a commercial fishing vessel that uses a longline.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lower leg — the lower part of your leg between your ankle and your knee
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- mereology — the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- mirligoes — dizziness
- moldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mudlogger — a person in the oil industry who checks the mud for traces of oil or gas
- multigerm — (in certain varieties of sugar beet) having seed balls with multiple fruits, thus being able to produce several seedlings
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- near gale — a wind of force seven on the Beaufort scale or from 32–38 mph