9-letter words containing r, l, d, a
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- 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.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- 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.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- 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.