9-letter words containing na
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- la laguna — city in Tenerife, Canary Islands: pop. 128,000
- la serena — a seaport in central Chile.
- lake tana — a lake in NW Ethiopia, on a plateau 1800 m (6000 ft) high: the largest lake of Ethiopia; source of the Blue Nile. Area: 3673 sq km (1418 sq miles)
- laminable — capable of being laminated.
- laminaria — any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- laminarin — (carbohydrate) A glucan produced by some brown algae.
- laminated — Also, laminous. composed of or having laminae.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- last name — surname (def 1).
- learnable — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- leftenant — Archaic form of lieutenant.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- leninabad — former (1936–91) name of Khodzhent.
- leninakan — a city in NW Armenia.
- libidinal — Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- lig snail — banded Florida tree snail.
- lignaloes — agalloch.
- ljubljana — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- louisiana — a state in the S United States. 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge. Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luminance — brightness
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- 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.
- lunarnaut — an astronaut who travels or has travelled to the moon
- lunatical — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- macbinary — (file format) An eight-bit wide representation of the data and resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant Finder information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh terminal emulators. These emulators, using Kermit or XMODEM or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into forks and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons, types, creation dates, and the like.
- macdonald — James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- maclennan — (John) Hugh, 1907–90, Canadian novelist and essayist.
- magdalena — a river in SW Colombia, flowing N to the Caribbean. 1060 miles (1705 km) long.
- magnaflux — to test (iron or steel) for defects using the Magnaflux method.
- magnalium — an alloy of magnesium and aluminum, sometimes also containing copper, nickel, tin, and lead.
- malaguena — a Spanish dance similar to the fandango, originating in Málaga.
- malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- manacling — Present participle of manacle.
- managable — Misspelling of manageable.
- manage up — to build a successful working relationship with a superior, manager, or employer
- manassite — a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- manawydan — a brother of Bran, Efnisien, and Branwen, and the second husband of Rhiannon: he rescued Pryderi from enchantments cast upon him by Llwyd.
- manganate — (chemistry) Any compound containing the manganate ion, MnO42-.
- manna ash — an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus, of S Europe