10-letter words containing e, m, u, l
- lawrencium — a synthetic, radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Lr; atomic number: 103.
- leaf mould — Leaf mould is a substance consisting of decayed leaves that is used to improve the soil.
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- leg muscle — any of various muscles in the leg of a human or animal
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- lemon curd — lemon paste made with eggs and sugar
- lenocinium — tacit encouragement of, or assent to, adultery committed by one's partner
- leuchaemia — leukaemia
- leucoderma — vitiligo.
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- leverhulme — Viscount (William Hesketh Lever) 1851–1925, English soap manufacturer, originator of an employee profit-sharing plan, and founder of a model industrial town.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- lime juice — sharp-tasting juice of limes
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- loose smut — a disease of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi of the genus Ustilago, in which powdery spore masses replace the host tissue
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lukewarmly — In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without extremeness.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lumachella — Alternative form of lumachel.
- lumberjack — a person who works at lumbering; logger.
- lumbermill — a mill for dressing logs and lumber.
- lumbersome — unwieldy; cumbrous
- lumberyard — a yard where lumber is stored for sale.
- lumen-hour — a unit of luminous energy, equal to that emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen. Abbreviation: lm-hr.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.
- maculature — (dated) Blotting paper.
- majusculae — Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
- majuscules — Plural form of majuscule.
- malaguetta — an aromatic African herb of the ginger family
- male nurse — man who is a medical attendant
- malentendu — misunderstood; misapprehended.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- mallemucks — Plural form of mallemuck.
- malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- manducable — chewable or edible
- manfulness — The state of being manful.