9-letter words starting with l
- largeness — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- largesses — generous bestowal of gifts.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- largition — an act of, or the quality of, generosity or largesse
- lariating — Present participle of lariat.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larkspurs — Plural form of larkspur.
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- larry car — a car moving on rails and equipped on its underside with a hopper, used to charge coke ovens from above.
- larvacean — Any of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.
- las casas — Bartolomé de [bahr-taw-law-me th e] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1566, Spanish Dominican missionary and historian in the Americas.
- las vegas — a city in SE Nevada.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lash rail — a rail, solidly fixed to the bulwarks of a vessel, to which objects on deck can be lashed.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- 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.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- late wood — summerwood.
- late-wake — a lyke-wake
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- later han — the Han dynasty after the interregnum a.d. 9–25.
- lateraled — Simple past tense and past participle of lateral.
- laterally — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
- laterborn — born later
- laterites — Plural form of laterite.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- latescent — becoming latent
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position