9-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- ligniform — having the form of wood; resembling wood, as a variety of asbestos.
- lily iron — a harpoon whose head may be detached.
- line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- livraison — one of the numbers of a book published in parts
- loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lognormal — noting or pertaining to a logarithmic function with a normal distribution, or the distribution of a random variable for which the logarithm of the variable has a normal distribution.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- long horn — a moist Cheddar of cylindrical shape, weighing about 12 pounds (5.4 kg).
- long iron — a club, as a driving iron, midiron, or mid-mashie, with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has little slope, for hitting long, low shots.
- long ream — 500 sheets of paper
- long-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by stories or essays that are several thousand words long, typically combining factual reporting with a narrative and empathetic style: A long-form article can illuminate and humanize your subject.
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longerons — Plural form of longeron.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longhorns — Plural form of longhorn.
- longicorn — having long antennae.
- longliner — a commercial fishing vessel that uses a longline.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- longwords — Plural form of longword.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- looker-on — a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
- lord lyon — the chief herald of Scotland
- lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
- lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.