9-letter words containing r, d, l
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- laurelled — Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves. Compare laurel family.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
- lead tree — any of several tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, especially L. glauca, having pinnate leaves and white flowers.
- lead-free — unleaded.
- leaderene — a female leader, esp one who is strong and formidable
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leaf lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leaf-lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- learnedly — In an educated and knowledgable manner.
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leathered — Simple past tense and past participle of leather.
- ledbetter — Huddie [huhd-ee] /ˈhʌd i/ (Show IPA), ("Leadbelly") 1885?–1949, U.S. folk singer.
- lederberg — Joshua, 1925–2008, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1958.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- leewardly — (of a ship) tending to fall to leeward
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- leotarded — Clad in a leotard.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- let drive — to hit or aim
- leveraged — Simple past tense and past participle of leverage.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lim fjord — a fjord in N Denmark running E from the North Sea to the Kattegat. About 110 miles (175 km) long.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lindegren — Erik (Johan) [ey-rik yoo-hahn] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈyu hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1910–68, Swedish poet and literary critic.
- 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
- 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.
- loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
- lobstered — Simple past tense and past participle of lobster.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- logrolled — Simple past tense and past participle of logroll.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- long card — a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.
- longbeard — bellarmine.