9-letter words containing e, o, u
- leucotome — an instrument for dissecting the white matter of the brain, consisting of a cannula containing a slender rotating blade.
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- leukemoid — resembling leukaemia
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- level out — become even
- libellous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- limousine — any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- lionesque — a man of great strength, courage, etc.
- liouville — Joseph [zhaw-zef;; English joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ʒɔˈzɛf;; English ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1809–82, French mathematician.
- liquorice — licorice.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- lobulated — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- loculated — Locular.
- locuplete — amply stocked
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- longevous — long-lived; living to a great age.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- longueuil — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- loudening — Present participle of louden.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- lousiness — infested with lice.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- lug-soled — (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.
- luteolous — fairly or somewhat luteous
- luvviedom — the world of actors and the theatre
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- madhouses — Plural form of madhouse.
- magalogue — a combination of a magazine and a catalogue
- malleolus — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- maneouvre — Misspelling of manoeuvre.