9-letter words containing l, a, t, e, r
- 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.
- leathered — Simple past tense and past participle of leather.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leotarded — Clad in a leotard.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- letterman — a person who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- liberator — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- life raft — a raft, often inflatable, for use in emergencies, as when a ship must be abandoned or when a plane is downed at sea.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lirellate — of, relating to, or resembling a lirella.
- literally — in the literal or strict sense: She failed to grasp the metaphor and interpreted the poem literally. What does the word mean literally?
- literates — Plural form of literate.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- literator — littérateur.
- literatus — singular of literati.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lustrate.
- luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- maelstrom — a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool.
- maltreats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maltreat.
- maltsters — Plural form of maltster.
- marialite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in sodium and containing no calcium.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- marlstone — an indurated marl.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- materials — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiels — Plural form of materiel.
- matterful — (of an author or book) full of interesting or significant ideas
- maturable — capable of being matured
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.