9-letter words containing g, a, i, l
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- landsting — (formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.
- languidly — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
- largactil — a brand of chlorpromazine used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antipsychotic
- largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
- lariating — Present participle of lariat.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- lastingly — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- latticing — a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- lawgiving — Enacting laws; legislative.
- lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- learnings — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- legal aid — free legal service to persons unable to pay for a lawyer.
- legalised — to make legal; authorize.
- legalisms — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalized — Simple past tense and past participle of legalize.
- legalizer — That which makes legal.
- legalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legalize.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- legislate — to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- levanting — Present participle of levant.
- levigable — capable of being levigated or ground into a fine powder
- levigated — Simple past tense and past participle of levigate.
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- lig snail — banded Florida tree snail.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligations — Plural form of ligation.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.