9-letter words starting with lo
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- longsword — A sword of a kind used in mediaeval Europe for hewing, thrusting and slicing. It is well suited to two-handed use in combat, but some can also be used in one hand.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- longueuil — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- longwords — Plural form of longword.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- loo paper — toilet paper
- look back — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- look down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- look here — used when raising an objection
- look into — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- look like — resemble
- look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- look sick — to be outclassed
- look upon — regard, consider: as
- look-down — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- look-over — a brief or superficial examination or reading.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lookdowns — Plural form of lookdown.
- looker-on — a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
- lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
- loomingly — So as to loom.
- looniness — The state or condition of being loony; craziness, lunacy.
- loony bin — an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
- loop knot — a knot made by doubling over a line at its end and tying both thicknesses into a square knot in such a way as to leave a loop.
- loop line — a railway branch line which leaves the main line and rejoins it after a short distance
- loopholed — Simple past tense and past participle of loophole.
- loopholes — Plural form of loophole.
- loopiness — The state or condition of being loopy; craziness.
- loose end — a part or piece left hanging, unattached, or unused: Remind me to tack down that loose end on the stairway carpet.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- looseleaf — Consisting of loose leaves (pages), often collected in a binder, rather than being bound like a book or stapled.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- looseness — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- loosening — Present participle of loosen.
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- lophodont — having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
- lopoliths — Plural form of lopolith.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- lord lyon — the chief herald of Scotland
- lord muck — an ordinary man behaving or being treated as if he were aristocratic
- lordlings — Plural form of lordling.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.