9-letter words containing nd
- landsting — (formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- laplander — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- laundered — Simple past tense and past participle of launder.
- launderer — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legendist — a person who writes or compiles legends.
- legendize — to make a legend of: Devoted followers legendized his honesty.
- levelland — a city in NW Texas.
- libeskind — Daniel. born 1946, US architect, born in Poland. Based in Berlin, he designed the Jewish Museum there (1999), the Imperial War Museum in Manchester (2000), and the "Freedom Tower" that will replace the World Trade Center in New York
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- 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.
- lindemann — Frederick Alexander, 1st Viscount Cherwell. 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany; Churchill's scientific adviser during World War II
- lindesnes — a cape at the S tip of Norway, on the North Sea.
- lindy hop — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- linksland — land used or suitable for use as golf links
- llandudno — a town and resort in NW Wales, in Conwy county borough on the Irish Sea. Pop: 14 872 (2001)
- load fund — a mutual fund that carries transaction charges, usually a percentage of the initial investment.
- loanblend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- londinium — the Latin name for London when it was a Roman city
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- loose end — a part or piece left hanging, unattached, or unused: Remind me to tack down that loose end on the stairway carpet.
- lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
- lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.
- ma-and-pa — mom-and-pop.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- malanders — a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- mandarine — Alternative spelling of mandarin (in the term
- mandarins — Plural form of mandarin.
- mandatary — a person or nation holding a mandate.
- mandating — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mandibula — (anatomy) mandible.
- mandilion — a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- mandoline — A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat frame with adjustable cutting blades for slicing vegetables.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- manducate — to chew; masticate; eat.
- mandylion — a loose garment formerly worn over armour