9-letter words containing l, i, a, t
- 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.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- libratory — oscillatory.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- 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.
- life-boat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- lift-slab — noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligations — Plural form of ligation.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- light air — a wind of 1–3 miles per hour (0.5–1.3 m/sec).
- light ale — a type of beer that is light in colour and low in alcohol content
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- like that — in that way
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- limit man — (in a handicap sport or game) the competitor with the maximum handicap
- limitable — Able to be limited.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lineality — The quality of being lineal.
- lineament — Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- lineation — an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- lineolate — marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- lingayata — a Saiva cult emphasizing devotion and faith.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- linoleate — Any salt or ester of linoleic acid.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- liquation — (metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
- liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- 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.
- lithiasis — the formation or presence of stony concretions, as calculi, in the body.
- lithuania — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic: an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,174 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km). Capital: Vilnius.