9-letter words containing g, e, l, i, d
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- ideal gas — a gas composed of molecules on which no forces act except upon collision with one another and with the walls of the container in which the gas is enclosed; a gas that obeys the ideal gas law.
- idealogue — One given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
- ideologic — of or relating to ideology.
- ideologue — a person who zealously advocates an ideology.
- idle gear — a gear placed between a driving and a driven gear to transmit motion between them.
- indulgent — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
- ingerland — a jocular spelling of England, as pronounced in the chants of sports, esp football, supporters
- ingleside — a fireside.
- inglewood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- inlighted — Lit up or lighted; illuminated.
- intangled — Simple past tense and past participle of intangle.
- inveigled — Simple past tense and past participle of inveigle.
- judgelike — Resembling a judge or some aspect of one.
- kid glove — a glove made of kid leather.
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- legal aid — free legal service to persons unable to pay for a lawyer.
- legalised — to make legal; authorize.
- legalized — Simple past tense and past participle of legalize.
- legendist — a person who writes or compiles legends.
- legendize — to make a legend of: Devoted followers legendized his honesty.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- levigated — Simple past tense and past participle of levigate.
- lie doggo — Informal. in concealment; out of sight.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lightened — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lignified — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- 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.
- litigated — Simple past tense and past participle of litigate.
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- loudening — Present participle of louden.
- medalling — (British spelling) present participle of medal.
- modelling — model
- moldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- odelsting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- off-glide — a transitional sound produced as the vocal organs move from a previous speech sound to an inactive position or to the position of a following sound. Compare on-glide.
- paraglide — to engage in paragliding.
- pedalling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pedologic — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- red light — traffic light indicating stop
- red-light — Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
- redlining — Automotive. the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm. a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.