9-letter words containing g, u, l
- leg stump — either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
- lengthful — long
- les gueux — a league of Dutch and Flemish patriots, composed chiefly of nobles and formed in 1566 to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition into the Netherlands.
- lewis gun — a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- light out — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightbulb — Alternative spelling of light bulb.
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lingually — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- linguists — Plural form of linguist.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- litigious — of or relating to litigation.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- liturgics — the science or art of conducting public worship.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- liturgist — an authority on liturgies.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long jump — athletics: competition to jump the furthest
- long suit — Cards. the suit in which the most cards are held in a hand. (in bridge) a suit in which four or more cards are held in a hand.
- long-haul — line-haul.
- long-jump — Track and Field. to execute a long jump.
- 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.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- longueuil — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- loudening — Present participle of louden.
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- low-slung — trousers: hipster style
- lucifugus — Misspelling of lucifugous.
- lucky bag — a bag of mixed sweets, intended for children; the bag is transparent, so that you do not know exactly what it contains
- ludwig ii — German name of Louis II.
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- lug-soled — (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.
- lullingly — In a way that lulls; soothingly.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumpingly — clumsily and heavily
- lung book — book lung.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- lurkingly — So as to lurk; in sinister concealment.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- lygus bug — any of a genus (Lygus, family Miridae) of hemipterous bugs, including many that damage plants