9-letter words containing l, i, d, a
- la mirada — a city in SW California.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- ladislaus — Saint, c1040–95, king of Hungary 1077–95.
- ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- laid deck — a wooden deck having planking laid parallel to the sides of the hull so as to follow the curves toward the ends of the vessel.
- laid-back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- land line — a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- land mine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- land rail — corn crake.
- land rain — a steady, heavy rain.
- land wind — land breeze.
- land with — to give to, so as to put in difficulties; cause to be burdened with
- land-wind — a wind that comes from the land
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- landlines — Plural form of landline.
- landmines — Plural form of landmine.
- landsleit — fellow Jews; sometimes, specif., those from the same town or village in Europe as oneself
- landslide — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- landsting — (formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.
- languidly — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lead line — a line by which a lead is lowered into the water to take soundings: in deep-sea practice, divided into levels one fathom apart, variously treated as marks and deeps.
- lead pipe — a pipe made of lead
- lead time — the period of time between the initial phase of a process and the emergence of results, as between the planning and completed manufacture of a product.
- leadville — a town in central Colorado: historic mining boom town.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- left-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a left-handed, or counterclockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to right-laid).