9-letter words containing l, i, t, e, o
- librettos — Plural form of libretto.
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- 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.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- 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.
- lineation — an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- lineolate — marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- lino tile — a tile made of linoleum or a similar substance, used as a floor covering
- linoleate — Any salt or ester of linoleic acid.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- literator — littérateur.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- littleton — Sir Thomas, c1407–1481, English jurist and author.
- liver-rot — a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- loftiness — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- loneliest — Superlative form of lonely.
- long-time — You use long-time to describe something that has existed or been a particular thing for a long time.
- longevity — a long individual life; great duration of individual life: Our family is known for its longevity.
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- lose time — delay, fail to act
- losingest — losing more than average; less successful than average.
- lotteries — Plural form of lottery.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- love bite — A love bite is a mark which someone has on their body as a result of being bitten by their partner when they were kissing or making love.
- lovebites — Plural form of lovebite.
- loveliest — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lovingest — extremely loving and affectionate.
- loyalties — Plural form of loyalty.
- marielito — a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- meliority — superiority.
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.