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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
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