9-letter words containing l, o, r, a
- crosswalk — A crosswalk is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crown law — criminal law
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cup coral — any of several species of coral in which the polyp forms and houses itself in a cup-shaped depression in the skeleton.
- cursorial — adapted for running
- cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
- dado rail — a moulding at about waist height on an interior wall, used for decoration and to protect the wall
- day labor — workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- delegator — a person who delegates
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dilatator — (anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- dollarize — to replace a country's currency with the US dollar
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- doorplate — a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drop goal — In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts.
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- ealdorman — alderman.
- ealdormen — Plural form of ealdorman.
- earcockle — A disease of wheat in which the ears blacken and contract.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- el dorado — a fabled city in South America, rich in treasure and sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th century
- elaborate — ornate, showy
- elastomer — A natural or synthetic polymer having elastic properties, e.g., rubber.