9-letter words containing g, a, r, l, i
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- 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.
- 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.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- 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.
- legalizer — That which makes legal.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- light air — a wind of 1–3 miles per hour (0.5–1.3 m/sec).
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- litigator — a courtroom lawyer.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- macroglia — Any of various glial cells that are larger than microglia.
- madrigals — Plural form of madrigal.
- magistral — Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy. Compare officinal (def 1).
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- marginals — Plural form of marginal.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- martingal — Alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse).
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- microglia — Glial cells derived from mesoderm that function as macrophages (scavengers) in the central nervous system and form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
- milligram — a unit of mass or weight equal to one thousandth of a gram, and equivalent to 0.0154 grain. Abbreviation: mg.
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- multigram — Of more than one gram.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.