9-letter words containing l, i, s, e, t
- laterites — Plural form of laterite.
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- laxatives — Plural form of laxative.
- leaf site — A machine that merely originates and reads Usenet news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare backbone site, rib site.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legendist — a person who writes or compiles legends.
- legislate — to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
- leicester — 1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- lenticels — Plural form of lenticel.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- let slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- leucistic — having reduced pigmentation in the skin but normally coloured eyes
- levigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levigate.
- leviticus — the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- liberties — Plural form of liberty.
- librettos — Plural form of libretto.
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- licitness — The property of being licit, legalness, appropriateness.
- life list — a list of species sighted and identified by a bird watcher or naturalist over a lifetime.
- life vest — life jacket.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lifestyle — the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
- lifetimes — Plural form of lifetime.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- lightless — without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- like this — You weren't supposed to follow that link, it was just an example of what a link looks like.
- likeliest — probably or apparently destined (usually followed by an infinitive): something not likely to happen.
- limestone — a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- limitless — without limit; boundless: limitless ambition; limitless space.
- liniments — Plural form of liniment.
- listen in — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- listen-in — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- listeners — Plural form of listener.
- listeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of listen.
- listening — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- listerize — to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- listicles — Plural form of listicle.
- listservs — Plural form of listserv.
- literates — Plural form of literate.
- literatus — singular of literati.
- litheness — The property of being lithe.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.