9-letter words containing l, e, b, r
- learnable — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- ledbetter — Huddie [huhd-ee] /ˈhʌd i/ (Show IPA), ("Leadbelly") 1885?–1949, U.S. folk singer.
- lederberg — Joshua, 1925–2008, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1958.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- leg break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
- leg-break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- letterbox — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- liberalia — an ancient Roman festival held annually in honor of Liber and Libera.
- liberally — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- 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.
- liberties — Plural form of liberty.
- libertine — a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
- librairie — a bookshop
- libraries — Plural form of library.
- librettos — Plural form of libretto.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- lobstered — Simple past tense and past participle of lobster.
- lobsterer — a person who catches lobsters
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lover boy — a man who is successful with women
- 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).
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbermen — Plural form of lumberman.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
- lyrebirds — Plural form of lyrebird.
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- macabrely — In a macabre manner.
- maleberry — swamp andromeda.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- marbleize — marble.
- maturable — capable of being matured
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- membranal — Of or pertaining to a membrane.