9-letter words containing o, l, d, n
- lemonwood — a tropical American tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum, of the madder family, having flowers with conspicuous white calyx lobes.
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- 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.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- limonoids — Plural form of limonoid.
- lindy hop — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
- linenfold — an ornamental motif resembling folded linen, carved on paneling.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- lion food — (humour) (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives from an old joke: Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"
- live down — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- 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).
- loadstone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- 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.
- loanblend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lock down — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockdowns — Plural form of lockdown.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lodestone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- lodgement — the act of lodging.
- lodgments — Plural form of lodgment.
- loliginid — any member of the squid family Loliginidae, having an elongated conical body and partially retractable tentacles.
- londinium — the Latin name for London when it was a Roman city
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- 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.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- 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.
- longwords — Plural form of longword.
- look down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- look-down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- lookdowns — Plural form of lookdown.
- loose end — a part or piece left hanging, unattached, or unused: Remind me to tack down that loose end on the stairway carpet.
- lophodont — having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
- lord lyon — the chief herald of Scotland
- lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
- lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
- loudening — Present participle of louden.
- loved one — a close or cherished relation: to mourn the loss of our loved ones.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
- macdonald — James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.