7-letter words containing a, n, u
- langurs — Plural form of langur.
- lanzhou — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- latinus — the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- laudian — of or relating to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, especially that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right.
- lauding — to praise; extol.
- launces — Plural form of launce.
- launder — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundry — articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- laureen — a female given name, form of Laura.
- laurens — a female given name.
- lauwine — (poetic, dated) avalanche.
- le fanu — (Joseph) Sheridan. 1814–73, Irish writer, best known for his stories of mystery and the supernatural, esp Uncle Silas (1864) and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872)
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, esp V. niloticus (the water leguaan), which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- li yuan — (Kao TsuorGao Zu) a.d. 565–635, Chinese emperor 618–27: founder of the Tang dynasty.
- linguae — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- lingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- lingula — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- louvain — a city in central Belgium.
- luangwa — a river in E Zambia, flowing SSW to the Zambezi River. 500 miles (805 km) long: forms part of boundary with Mozambique.
- lucania — an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lucinda — a female given name, form of Lucy.
- luganda — a Bantu language of Uganda.
- lugansk — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- lumbang — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, the fruits of which yield tung oil
- lumenal — Of or pertaining to the lumen.
- luminal — (biology) of or pertaining to the lumen.
- lunated — Lunate; crescent-shaped.
- lunates — Plural form of lunate.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunulae — Plural form of lunula.
- lunular — crescent-shaped: lunular markings.
- luoyang — a city in N Henan province, in E China.
- lupanar — a brothel; whorehouse.
- magnium — (obsolete) magnesium.
- magnums — Plural form of magnum.
- mahound — Archaic. Muhammad.
- mahuang — a Chinese shrub, Ephedra sinica, that is a source of ephedrine.
- mainour — a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.
- majunga — a seaport on NW Madagascar.
- man flu — a case of the common cold as suffered by a man, implying that he is exaggerating the debilitating effects of the illness
- man-bun — a man’s hair gathered into a bun at the back or top of the head.
- managua — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- mangrum — Lloyd, 1914–73, U.S. golf player.
- manhour — Alternative form of man-hour.
- manhunt — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manitou — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.