9-letter words containing r, i, n, g, l
- ingerland — a jocular spelling of England, as pronounced in the chants of sports, esp football, supporters
- ingersoll — Robert Green, 1833–99, U.S. lawyer, political leader, and orator.
- inrolling — Present participle of inroll.
- inselberg — monadnock (def 1).
- integrals — Plural form of integral.
- inveigler — One who inveigles.
- irenology — the study of peace
- iron lung — a chamberlike respirator, formerly used in the treatment of poliomyelitis, that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs.
- jarringly — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- jeeringly — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- jerkingly — in a jerking manner
- kerneling — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- king lear — a tragedy (1606) by Shakespeare.
- king rail — a large, long-billed rail, Rallus elegans, of North America, having reddish-brown plumage.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
- lariating — Present participle of lariat.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- 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.
- learnings — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- leeringly — In a leering manner.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- lengthier — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lettering — a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- lightener — That which lightens.
- ligniform — having the form of wood; resembling wood, as a variety of asbestos.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- 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.
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- linking r — the r- sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r- dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as [fah] /fɑ/ (Show IPA) becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as [fahr-uh-wey] /ˈfɑr əˈweɪ/ (Show IPA).
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- littering — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- long iron — a club, as a driving iron, midiron, or mid-mashie, with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has little slope, for hitting long, low shots.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longicorn — having long antennae.
- longliner — a commercial fishing vessel that uses a longline.