9-letter words containing r, d, l
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- 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.
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- lord lyon — the chief herald of Scotland
- lord muck — an ordinary man behaving or being treated as if he were aristocratic
- lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low rider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
- loxodrome — rhumb line.
- ludicrous — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lunar day — a division of time that is equal to the elapsed time between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the moon.
- luridness — The property of being lurid.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.
- lyrebirds — Plural form of lyrebird.
- lyricised — to write lyrics.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- madrigals — Plural form of madrigal.
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mailorder — Ordered to be delivered to one's home.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- malodours — Plural form of malodour.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- marchland — borderland.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- marmalade — a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended.
- marmalady — Covered with marmalade.
- marmolada — a mountain in N Italy: highest peak of the Dolomites, 11,020 feet (3360 meters).
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshland — a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- marvelled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
- medullary — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling the medulla of an organ or the medulla oblongata.
- melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- meyerhold — Vsevolod Emilievich, original name Karl Theodor Kasimir. 1874–c. 1940, Russian theatre director, noted for his experimental nonrealistic productions. He was arrested in 1939 and died in custody
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back