9-letter words containing n, o, d, a, l
- goadingly — So as to goad or incite.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- hand tool — handheld instrument
- hand-roll — (jargon) (From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to "ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to bugs or was defeated by something exceptional in the local environment. "The worst thing about being a gateway between four different nets is having to hand-roll a new sendmail configuration every time any of them upgrades."
- hand-tool — tool (defs 8, 9).
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handholds — Plural form of handhold.
- handlooms — Plural form of handloom.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- hard loan — a foreign loan which is to be paid back in an agreed currency which has stability and economic strength
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hollandia — former name of Jayapura.
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- indianola — a town in central Iowa.
- insolated — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing
- landdrost — the chief magistrate of a district
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- landlords — Plural form of landlord.
- landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- lidocaine — a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- llandudno — a town and resort in NW Wales, in Conwy county borough on the Irish Sea. Pop: 14 872 (2001)
- load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
- load fund — a mutual fund that carries transaction charges, usually a percentage of the initial investment.
- load line — Also called Plimsoll line. any of various lines marked on the sides of a cargo vessel to indicate the depth to which a vessel may be immersed under certain conditions. Compare freeboard (def 1a).