9-letter words containing g, a, l, e, n
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- law agent — (in Scotland) a solicitor holding a certificate from the Law Society of Scotland and thereby entitled to appear for a client in any Sheriff Court
- lawmonger — an inferior lawyer
- 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.
- legalness — The state of being legal, the property of being within the law.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- lengthman — a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of road or railway line
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- levanting — Present participle of levant.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lignaloes — agalloch.
- lilangeni — a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Swaziland, equal to 100 cents.
- line gale — equinoctial storm.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- long game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit shots, especially drives, for distance. Compare short game (def 1).
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long wave — Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
- longaeval — Alt form longeval.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- magdalena — a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1060 miles (1705 km) long.
- magdalene — the, Mary Magdalene.
- malaguena — a Spanish dance similar to the fandango, originating in Málaga.
- malengine — a wicked plan or deceit
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- managable — Misspelling of manageable.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mangalore — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- mangonels — Plural form of mangonel.
- mangulate — to bend or twist out of shape; mangle
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- medalling — (British spelling) present participle of medal.
- megacolon — (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- meningeal — (anatomy) Relating to the meninges.
- mesangial — Of or pertaining to the mesangium.
- metalling — Present participle of metal.
- moonglade — (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.