5-letter words containing l, a, u
- lucan — (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- lucas — George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- lucca — a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.
- lucia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- luffa — loofah.
- lugar — Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- lukan — of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- lukas — Paul, 1895–1971, U.S. actor, born in Hungary.
- lulab — lulav.
- lulav — a palm branch for use with the etrog during the Sukkoth festival service.
- lulea — a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- lunar — of or relating to the moon: the lunar orbit.
- luray — a town in N Virginia: site of Luray Caverns.
- luria — Salvador Edward, 1912–91, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.
- lutea — yellow
- mallu — (slang) a person from the Indian state of Kerala, especially one who speaks Malayalam.
- malum — An evil or wrongdoing.
- malus — (business) The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
- manul — A small wild cat of Central Asia, Otocolobus manul.
- mauls — Plural form of maul.
- miaul — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- mucal — Mucous, mucosal: of or pertaining to mucus or the production thereof.
- mulai — A title for the ruler of Morocco.
- mulga — an Australian shrub or small tree, Acacia aneura, forming dense growths in some areas and having foliage used as forage for livestock.
- mulla — Archaic form of mullah.
- mural — a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- palau — country consisting of a group of islands in the W Pacific Ocean: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the island group became an independent republic in 1994: 630 sq mi (1,632 sq km); pop. 15,000; cap. Koror
- paula — a female given name: derived from Paul.
- pauli — Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- pilau — pilaf.
- pulka — a reindeer-drawn sleigh of Lapland, shaped like the front half of a canoe, in which a single rider sits with back against a vertical support and legs stretched forward.
- pupal — an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- quale — a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- quals — Plural form of qual.
- quarl — (archaic) A medusa or jellyfish.
- rugal — having ridges or folds
- rumal — a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- rural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- salud — to your health: used as a toast
- salue — a salute
- salus — the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- sault — a waterfall or rapid.
- shaul — a wooden scoop made for winnowing corn
- shula — Donald Francis ("Don") born 1930, U.S. football coach.
- sulfa — related chemically to sulfanilamide.
- sulla — (Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix) 138–78 b.c, Roman general and statesman: dictator 82–79.
- sural — of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- taluk — a hereditary estate.