9-letter words containing l, a, s, e, r
- islanders — Plural form of islander.
- israelite — a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- jaileress — a female jailer
- jarlsberg — a hard mild-tasting yellow-coloured cheese with holes in it
- jerusalem — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- la serena — a seaport in central Chile.
- laborites — Plural form of laborite.
- laborsome — Alternative form of laboursome.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- lardasses — Plural form of lardass.
- largeness — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- largesses — generous bestowal of gifts.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- laterites — Plural form of laterite.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- lawgivers — Plural form of lawgiver.
- lawmakers — Plural form of lawmaker.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.