10-letter words containing a, s, o, u
- langoustes — Plural form of langouste.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanuginose — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lanuginous — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- liu shaoqi — 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- longaevous — long-lived
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- macroburst — (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- mangetouts — Plural form of mangetout.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manu samoa — the international Rugby Union football team of Western Samoa
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mast house — a deckhouse built around a mast as a platform for cargo-handling machinery, gear, and controls.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mausoleums — Plural form of mausoleum.
- meat house — a smokehouse.
- megajoules — Plural form of megajoule.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- meiofaunas — Plural form of meiofauna.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.