9-letter words containing i, l, n, e, s
- landslide — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- leafiness — The state or condition of being leafy.
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- learnings — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leeriness — wary; suspicious (usually followed by of): I'm leery of his financial advice.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legendist — a person who writes or compiles legends.
- legginess — having awkwardly long legs.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lenticels — Plural form of lenticel.
- lesioning — an injury; hurt; wound.
- lessening — to become less.
- lessoning — Present participle of lesson.
- lewis gun — a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- libeskind — Daniel. born 1946, US architect, born in Poland. Based in Berlin, he designed the Jewish Museum there (1999), the Imperial War Museum in Manchester (2000), and the "Freedom Tower" that will replace the World Trade Center in New York
- licencees — a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- licensees — Plural form of licensee.
- licensing — Grant a license to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- licitness — The property of being licit, legalness, appropriateness.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifelines — Plural form of lifeline.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lignaloes — agalloch.
- limekilns — Plural form of limekiln.
- limestone — a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- limousine — any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- lindesnes — a cape at the S tip of Norway, on the North Sea.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- linerless — Without a liner.
- liniments — Plural form of liniment.
- lionesque — a man of great strength, courage, etc.
- lionesses — Plural form of lioness.