9-letter words containing as
- lass-lorn — abandoned in love by a young girl
- lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
- last gasp — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- last mile — the distance walked by a condemned person from his or her cell to the place of execution.
- last name — surname (def 1).
- last post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- last-born — last in order of birth; youngest.
- last-gasp — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- lastingly — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- lithiasis — the formation or presence of stony concretions, as calculi, in the body.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- low brass — an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.
- low-class — vulgar, coarse, or undignified
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- made mast — a wooden mast formed of several shaped, longitudinal pieces joined together.
- madrassas — Plural form of madrassa.
- magnolias — Plural form of magnolia.
- maharajas — Plural form of maharaja.
- maiasaura — a species of large, herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur
- mainmasts — Plural form of mainmast.
- mains gas — gas supplied to a building through pipes
- manassite — a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- manna ash — an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus, of S Europe
- mantillas — Plural form of mantilla.
- manyattas — Plural form of manyatta.
- marasmoid — Resembling or characteristic of marasmus.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- marsh gas — a gaseous decomposition product of organic matter, consisting primarily of methane.
- martinmas — a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- masakhane — a political slogan of solidarity
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- mascarons — grotesque face used as decoration
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.