9-letter words containing l, a, d
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- buildable — suitable for building on
- bullwaddy — a N Australian tree, Macropteranthes kekwickii, growing in dense thickets
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- byrd land — a part of Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea: claimed for the US by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929, though all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cacodylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the cacodyl group.
- cadastral — Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- caldecott — Randolph1846-86; Eng. artist & illustrator: illustrated many books for children
- caledonia — Scotland
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- calenders — Plural form of calender.
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calendula — any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- call down — to request or invoke
- call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- callidity — cunning or slyness
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- canalised — to make a canal or canals through.
- canalized — Simple past tense and past participle of canalize.
- cancelled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
- candlemas — Feb 2, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple: the day on which the church candles are blessed. In Scotland it is one of the four quarter days
- candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- candlewax — The wax of a candle.
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- canefield — A field where cane is grown.
- canoodled — Simple past tense and past participle of canoodle.