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9-Letter Words Starting with L (43 words)
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labialize (20 points)
To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
laciniate (11 points)
Fringed, as petals.
Jagged, as a leaf
Fringed
L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lagniappe (14 points)
A sack of candy, maybe
Small gift strangely appealing
A little gift for the customer.
L·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
landslide (11 points)
Dangerously large victory (wordplay)
Terrain picture (wordplay)
Runaway daughter in end is all upset
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
larvicide (15 points)
An insecticide designed to kill larval pests.
L·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
lassitude (10 points)
The weariness of girlhood (wordplay)
Not the energy of girlhood, perhaps
The langour of girlhood, perhaps
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
laudative (13 points)
Praise be that there's a case at the end of it!
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
lavaliere (12 points)
Pendant on a chain
Ornament on a chain
Pendant ornament.
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
leastwise (12 points)
If nothing else, most foolish (wordplay)
Most foolish, however (wordplay)
It's the most foolish, anyway
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
leechlike (18 points)
Tenacious
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
legislate (10 points)
Lay down the law (wordplay)
Put on an act (wordplay)
Work in a chamber, say
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lenticule (11 points)
English word
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
leporidae (12 points)
A natural family of mammals comprising the hares and rabbits.
L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
libertine (11 points)
Don Juan, for one
Row about French composer, a philanderer
Sensually indulgent person
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
licensure (11 points)
Certification for professional practice
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lidocaine (12 points)
Local Cockney actor poolside
Powerful local anaesthetic
L·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+C·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lifestyle (15 points)
Existing fashion (wordplay)
It may be Spartan
You get used to it
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lightface (18 points)
""A typeface or font of characters having relatively thin, light lines.""
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
lightsome (15 points)
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
limestone (11 points)
A mineral prepared from fruit (sound)
Luray Caverns material
Tie lemons up in sedimentary rock
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
limitable (13 points)
Subject to checks and balances
L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
limousine (11 points)
Long way to go (wordplay)
Long ride (wordplay)
A way to go by
L·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
linearise (9 points)
Get into a row and rebel after treatment of alien
With frightful lies around, I mean to get into a row
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
linearize (18 points)
Make straight
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
linoleate (9 points)
A salt of linoleic acid.
L·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lintwhite (15 points)
See Linnet.Linnet.
L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
liquidate (19 points)
Convert (assets) into cash
Convert to cash
Kill dead, accepting one pound
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
liquidize (28 points)
To render liquid.
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 28 pts
liquorice (20 points)
Say Scotch on the rocks is sweet
Sweet drink on the rocks (wordplay)
Pontefract cake ingredient
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 20 pts
lithesome (14 points)
Homeliest characters can be graceful
Toned graceful model hostile to me
Article in case stuck in tree, not stiff
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
lithopone (14 points)
""A white pigment consisting of a mixture of zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, and barium sulfate.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
litigable (12 points)
Like libel, say
Worth suing over
It's possibly a suit likely to dress fool up
L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lixiviate (19 points)
""To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.""
L·1+I·1+X·8+I·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
longitude (11 points)
Word often paired with latitude
A concern of mariners
Navigator's concern.
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
lubricate (13 points)
Oil (a mechanism)
Apply oil/grease
Smooth Blair cut apart by English
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lucrative (14 points)
Revictual (anagram)
Rewarding development of vital cure
Vertical upstart could be moneymaking
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
luminaire (11 points)
English word
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
luminance (13 points)
Set characteristic cryptic clue; initially missing Nina
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
luminesce (13 points)
Shine
Glow
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
lunchtime (16 points)
One for when a meal is needed (wordplay)
Inlet much improved by midday (wordplay)
When midday meal is eaten
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 16 pts
luteinize (18 points)
LUTEIN a yellow pigment
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
luxuriate (16 points)
Enjoy greatly, to excess perhaps
Enjoy to excess
Revel in indulgence
L·1+U·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
lyonnaise (12 points)
Like a cat's oniony dish (wordplay)
Like a cat's oniony dish?
Kind of potatoes for simba
L·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts

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