4-Letter Words Starting L & Ending D

• a person who has general authority over others

• terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

• a titled peer of the realm

• make a lord of someone

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• an advantage held by a competitor in a race

• a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey

• mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

• a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')

• the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)

• the introductory section of a story

• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning

• an actor who plays a principal role

• (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base

• an indication of potential opportunity

• a news story of major importance

• the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire

• the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge

• take somebody somewhere

• produce as a result or residue

• tend to or result in

• travel in front of; go in advance of others

• cause to undertake a certain action

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• be in charge of

• be ahead of others; be the first

• be conducive to

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• lead, extend, or afford access

• move ahead (of others) in time or space

• cause something to pass or lead somewhere

• preside over

• characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly

• with relatively high volume

• tastelessly showy

• a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano

• set down according to a plan

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

• goods carried by a large vehicle

• an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

• the power output of a generator or power plant

• an onerous or difficult concern

• a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

• the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

• electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

• fill or place a load on

• provide (a device) with something necessary

• transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

• put (something) on a structure or conveyance

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• bestow a quality on

• give temporarily; let have for a limited time

• have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

• soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

• prepare or cook with lard

• add details to