7-letter words containing l, a, u
- healful — Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.
- helluva — (colloquial) hell of a; extreme.
- herault — a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
- hilarus — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hinault — Bernard, born 1954, French cyclist with five victories (1978–79, 1981–82, and 1985) in the Tour de France.
- humanly — in a human manner.
- humeral — Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the humerus or brachium.
- humoral — of, relating to, or proceeding from a fluid of the body.
- hypural — relating to the bones of the area below the tail of fish
- ialysus — an ancient Mycenaean city on the island of Rhodes.
- iliacus — a muscle near the ilium which flexes the hip joint
- illampu — a peak of Mount Sorata.
- illuvia — the material accumulated through illuviation.
- incudal — Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
- inequal — Not equal.
- infulae — one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- inhauls — Plural form of inhaul.
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- insulae — a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- insular — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- inulase — an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- iqaluit — a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Capital: Iqaluit.
- jalouse — (Scotland) To suspect.
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jejunal — the middle portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum.
- jocular — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- journal — a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations: She kept a journal during her European trip.
- juglans — The walnut and similar trees of the genus Juglans.
- jugular — Anatomy. of or relating to the throat or neck. noting or pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, especially one (external jugular vein) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one (internal jugular vein) collecting blood from within the skull.
- juliana — (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina) 1909–2004, queen of the Netherlands 1948–80 (daughter of Wilhelmina I).
- jutland — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- juvenal — (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
- kahului — a town on N Maui, in central Hawaii.
- kalmuck — a member of any of a group of Buddhistic Mongol tribes of a region extending from western China to the valley of the lower Volga River.
- karakul — one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry. Compare broadtail, Persian lamb.
- kilauea — a crater on Mauna Loa volcano, on SE Hawaii island, in Hawaii. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide; 4040 feet (1231 meters) high.
- klabund — (Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
- kurland — a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.
- kursaal — A public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino.
- kwazulu — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa, in Natal: abolished in 1993 and became part of the new province of KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Ulundi
- l'amour — Louis (Dearborn) 1908–88, U.S. novelist.
- la tour — Georges de [zhawrzh duh] /ʒɔrʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1593–1652, French painter.
- labarum — an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
- labours — Plural form of labour.
- lace up — anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.
- lace-up — anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.
- lachute — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquey — a servile follower; toady.
- lacunae — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.