9-letter words containing i, l, e, g
- 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.
- libelling — Present participle of libel.
- licencing — license.
- licensing — Grant a license to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place.
- 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.
- lie doggo — Informal. in concealment; out of sight.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- liegeless — not subject to the will of a superior
- 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.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- light ale — a type of beer that is light in colour and low in alcohol content
- light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
- lightened — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightless — without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- lightlike — (mathematics) (of a four-vector) having a space component whose magnitude is equal to its time component multiplied by the speed of light.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightwell — (architecture) An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- lignaloes — agalloch.
- lignified — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- lilangeni — a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Swaziland, equal to 100 cents.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lime twig — a twig smeared with birdlime to catch birds.
- limelight — Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
- 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.
- line gale — equinoctial storm.
- 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.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- listening — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- litigable — subject to litigation; actionable by a lawsuit.
- litigated — Simple past tense and past participle of litigate.
- litigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of litigate.
- 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.
- live high — to live in luxury
- logaoedic — composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.