10-letter words containing g, u, i, l
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- light bulb — an electric light.
- light-duty — made or designed to withstand comparatively moderate loads, use, or stress: light-duty trucks.
- lightbulbs — Plural form of lightbulb.
- lighten up — be less serious
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- line judge — an official in football, volleyball, tennis, etc who assists the referee by judging whether a ball has gone out of play
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistic — of or relating to linguistics.
- linguistry — the study of language
- liquefying — Present participle of liquefy; Alternative spelling of liquifying.
- liquifying — Present participle of liquify.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- liturgists — Plural form of liturgist.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longtitude — Misspelling of longitude.
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- loundering — a beating
- loungingly — in a lounging manner
- 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.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- lug-rigged — rigged with a lugsail or lugsails.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- milk sugar — lactose.
- misvaluing — Present participle of misvalue.
- modulating — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mouldy fig — a rigid adherent to older jazz forms