9-letter words containing l, a, u
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucky bag — a bag of mixed sweets, intended for children; the bag is transparent, so that you do not know exactly what it contains
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- luctation — an effort; a struggle
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lucullian — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- ludically — in a ludic or playful manner
- luftwaffe — air force.
- lullabied — Simple past tense and past participle of lullaby.
- lullabies — Plural form of lullaby.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luminance — brightness
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.
- lumpy jaw — actinomycosis.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunar day — a division of time that is equal to the elapsed time between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the moon.
- lunarnaut — an astronaut who travels or has travelled to the moon
- lunatical — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- lunitidal — pertaining to the part of the tidal movement dependent upon the moon.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- lusitania — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lustrate.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- maculated — Simple past tense and past participle of maculate.
- maculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maculate.
- magalogue — a combination of a magazine and a catalogue
- magnaflux — to test (iron or steel) for defects using the Magnaflux method.
- magnalium — an alloy of magnesium and aluminum, sometimes also containing copper, nickel, tin, and lead.
- mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- majuscule — (of letters) capital.
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- malaguena — a Spanish dance similar to the fandango, originating in Málaga.
- malamutes — Plural form of malamute.
- malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- mallemuck — mollymawk.