10-letter words containing a, e, r, i, u
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- luxuriated — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- luxuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxuriate.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- manumitter — An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- marquisate — the rank of a marquis.
- martinique — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- maturities — Plural form of maturity.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mauretania — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- micturated — Simple past tense and past participle of micturate.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- misfeature — a distorted feature.
- mismeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularize — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mortuaries — Plural form of mortuary.
- moudiewart — a mole
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- muesli bar — a snack made of compressed muesli ingredients
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multiarmed — having multiple arms
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- multilayer — multilayered.
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multirange — having several ranges
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- muslim era — the period since the flight of Muhammad from Mecca in a.d. 622; Hijra.