9-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- lime tree — a linden or basswood.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lirellate — of, relating to, or resembling a lirella.
- listeners — Plural form of listener.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- listerize — to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- listservs — Plural form of listserv.
- literally — in the literal or strict sense: She failed to grasp the metaphor and interpreted the poem literally. What does the word mean literally?
- literates — Plural form of literate.
- literatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- literator — littérateur.
- literatus — singular of literati.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- littering — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- litz wire — a wire used as a conductor of alternating current, composed of a number of insulated strands woven together to reduce skin effect.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liver-rot — a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.
- liverwort — any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.
- lobstered — Simple past tense and past participle of lobster.
- lobsterer — a person who catches lobsters
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- long-term — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- lotteries — Plural form of lottery.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- lower set — (mathematics) A finite non-empty downward closed subset of a partial order.
- lowermost — lowest1 .
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.