6-letter words containing e, l, u, n
- lunges — Plural form of lunge.
- lungie — (UK, Scotland, dialect) A guillemot.
- lunker — something unusually large for its kind.
- lunner — A meal consumed between lunchtime and dinnertime, consisting of food items from the respective meals.
- lunted — a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lunule — something shaped like a narrow crescent, as the small, pale area at the base of the fingernail.
- lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lusern — (obsolete) A lynx.
- lutein — Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- lutzen — a town in E Germany, WSW of Leipzig: site of Gustavus Adolphus' victory over Wallenstein in 1632 and Napoleon's victory over the Russians in 1813.
- luzern — Lucerne.
- manuel — a male given name.
- mullen — any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
- nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- nebule — (obsolete) A little cloud.
- nebuly — resembling the wavy edges of a cloud, esp of a line in heraldry or architecture
- netful — the quantity of fish that can be held by a net
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nodule — a small node, knot, or knob.
- nubble — a small lump or piece.
- nubile — (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- nuclei — plural of nucleus.
- nucule — (rare) A section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.
- nudely — In a nude manner.
- nulled — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- nuncle — uncle.
- nurdle — (cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.
- nurled — to make knurls or ridges on.
- nursle — (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
- nustle — (obsolete) To fondle; to cherish.
- nutlet — a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- nutley — a city in NE New Jersey.
- nuzzle — to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does: a rabbit nuzzling into the snow.
- penful — the volume of ink held by a pen; the quantity a pen will hold
- penult — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- plenum — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- pungle — to make a payment or contribution of (money)
- rundle — a rung of a ladder.
- runkle — a crease or wrinkle
- runlet — a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- runnel — a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- sullen — showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- tunnel — an underground passage.
- ulnare — any of the eight small bones of the carpus
- unable — lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
- unbale — to remove from a bale or tightly bound package
- unbelt — to remove the belt from.
- unclew — to unfurl (a sail) from the yardarm