11-letter words containing g, l, u
- little gull — a small, Old World gull, Larus minutus.
- living soul — person
- living unit — a dwelling intended for use by one household.
- load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
- local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longicaudal — having a long tail; macrutous.
- longinquity — long distance; remoteness
- longissimus — (anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
- lose ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- lough allen — a lake in Ireland, in county Leitrim
- lough neagh — a lake in E central Northern Ireland: largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. About 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- louping ill — an acute viral disease of sheep affecting the nervous system, transmitted by a tick.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- luggage van — a railway carriage used to transport passengers' luggage, bicycles, etc
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- luminescing — Present participle of luminesce.
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- luxuriating — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- meme plague — (philosophy) The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- misguidedly — misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- monolingual — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- monologuing — Present participle of monologue.
- monologuist — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- mount elgon — an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border. Height: 4321m (14 178 ft)
- mount logan — a mountain in NW Canada, in SW Yukon in the St Elias Range: the highest peak in Canada and the second highest in North America. Height (after a re-survey in 1993): 5959 m (19 550 ft)
- mudslinging — an attempt to discredit one's competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks.
- multangular — having many angles; polyangular.
- multi-grain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multiengine — Having more than one engine.
- multijugate — (of a leaf) having several pairs of leaflets