9-letter words containing l, d, a, p
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- lady palm — any of several palms of the genus Rhapis, native to southeastern Asia and cultivated as houseplants.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lampadary — a person who lights the lamps in an Orthodox Greek Church
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampstand — a support for a light bulb
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- laplander — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lead pipe — a pipe made of lead
- leadplant — a North American shrub, Amorpha canescens, of the legume family, the leaves and twigs of which have a gray cast.
- legal pad — a ruled writing tablet, usually yellow and measuring 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 cm).
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- lespedeza — any shrub or herb belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and lavender flowers, grown for forage, soil improvement, etc.
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- maladapts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maladapt.
- maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
- medalplay — (in golf) scoring system in which the score is based on the total number of strokes taken
- melampode — the black hellebore, Helleborus niger
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- mold-warp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- octaploid — an organism that consists of eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.