9-letter words starting with l
- leafiness — The state or condition of being leafy.
- leafleted — Simple past tense and past participle of leaflet.
- leafstalk — petiole (def 1).
- leaguered — to besiege.
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- lean-burn — (esp of an internal-combustion engine) designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
- leap year — (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- learnable — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- learnedly — In an educated and knowledgable manner.
- learnings — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
- leastwise — at least; at any rate.
- leathered — Simple past tense and past participle of leather.
- leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leave out — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leaveless — (obsolete) leafless.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- leavenous — containing leaven
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- lecturers — Plural form of lecturer.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- ledbetter — Huddie [huhd-ee] /ˈhʌd i/ (Show IPA), ("Leadbelly") 1885?–1949, U.S. folk singer.
- lederberg — Joshua, 1925–2008, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1958.
- ledgement — (architecture) Alternative form of ledgment.
- lee gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- lee shore — a shore toward which the wind blows.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- leechlike — Resembling a leech or some aspect of one; clinging, parasitic.
- leeriness — wary; suspicious (usually followed by of): I'm leery of his financial advice.
- leeringly — In a leering manner.
- leetspeak — a coded spelling system and language used in very informal communications on the Internet, featuring letters combined with numbers or special characters in place of letters that they may resemble, and including inventive misspellings, jargon, and slang.
- leewardly — (of a ship) tending to fall to leeward
- left back — a defending player on the left side of the field
- left bank — a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- left half — a defensive player who plays midfield, on the left side of the pitch
- left join — outer join
- left over — remaining
- left wing — members of a liberal or radical political party, or those favoring extensive political reform.
- left-face — a 90° turn to the left, especially as a marching command.
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.