10-letter words containing c, o, u, l
- 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.
- leucocidin — an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leucoderma — vitiligo.
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leucorrhea — Alternative form of leukorrhea.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- limicolous — dwelling in mud or muddy regions.
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- locutorium — parlor (def 4).
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- lounge car — club car.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- low church — pertaining to the view or practice in the Anglican Church that emphasizes evangelicalism and lays little stress on the sacraments, church rituals, and church authority.
- lubricator — a person or thing that lubricates.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- lucubrator — One who lucubrates.
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lunch hour — pause from work to eat midday meal
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lycra lout — an aggressive urban cyclist who disregards the rules of the road
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mccullough — David, born 1933, U.S. author and historian.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.