9-letter words containing l, y, n, e
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- lambently — In a lambent manner, brightly.
- lang syne — long since; long ago.
- laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- laymanize — to simplify (technical information) into a form that can be understood by ordinary people
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lazybones — a lazy person.
- learnedly — In an educated and knowledgable manner.
- leeringly — In a leering manner.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- lengthily — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- leniently — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- lineality — The quality of being lineal.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- linoleoyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from linoleic acid by loss of the hydroxy group.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- liverymen — Plural form of liveryman.
- llewellyn — Richard (Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) 1907?–83, Welsh novelist.
- longevity — a long individual life; great duration of individual life: Our family is known for its longevity.
- loyalness — faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- lynx-eyed — sharp-sighted.
- lyon bean — a vine, Mucuna niveum, of southern Asia and the Philippines, having showy clusters of white flowers and whitish hairy pods, grown widely as a forage crop.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- lyonnesse — the mythical region where Sir Tristram was born, located near Cornwall in SW England and supposed to have been submerged by the sea.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- lyttelton — Humphrey. 1921–2008, British jazz trumpeter and band leader who influenced the British revival of New Orleans jazz
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- manslayer — a person who kills another human being.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- maryellen — a female given name.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- meltingly — In a melting way.
- mentality — mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- methylene — containing the methylene group.
- millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
- millinery — women's hats and other articles made or sold by milliners.
- minelayer — a naval ship equipped for placing mines in the water.
- minicycle — minibike.