9-letter words containing r, e, l, a, y
- ladderway — a vertical passageway with ladders.
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- lake eyre — a shallow salt lake or salt flat in NE central South Australia, about 11 m (35 ft) below sea level, divided into two areas (North and South); it usually contains little or no water. Maximum area: 9600 sq km (3700 sq miles)
- lake-eyre — Lake, a shallow salt lake in S South Australia. 3430 sq. mi. (8885 sq. km).
- laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.
- laterally — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
- 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.
- lay clerk — lay vicar.
- layerable — one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leap year — (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
- learnedly — In an educated and knowledgable manner.
- leewardly — (of a ship) tending to fall to leeward
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- liberally — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- literally — in the literal or strict sense: She failed to grasp the metaphor and interpreted the poem literally. What does the word mean literally?
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
- macabrely — In a macabre manner.
- maleberry — swamp andromeda.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- manslayer — a person who kills another human being.
- maryellen — a female given name.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- 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.
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- memorably — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
- minelayer — a naval ship equipped for placing mines in the water.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- monolayer — molecular film.
- moray eel — long fish
- mullarkey — Alternative form of malarkey.
- multiyear — Having a duration of multiple years.
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.
- naturedly — (in combinations) With a certain nature, in a certain manner.
- neutrally — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- nonlawyer — a person who is not a lawyer
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- numerally — According to number; in number; numerically.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- overapply — To apply to excess.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.