8-letter words containing l, e, u, r
- legatura — (music) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- leisures — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- leuricus — Leofric.
- liberius — died a.d. 366, pope 352–366.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- lilburne — John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- liqueurs — Plural form of liqueur.
- liquored — Simple past tense and past participle of liquor.
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- louvered — any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- lubberly — of or resembling a lubber.
- lucifers — Plural form of lucifer.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- lumbered — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberer — A person engaged in the lumber trade, especially a lumberjack.
- lumberly — heavy and unwieldy
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lüneburg — a city in N Germany, in Lower Saxony: capital of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1369; prominent Hanse town; saline springs. Pop: 70 614 (2003 est)
- lupercus — an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- lurchers — Plural form of lurcher.
- lustered — having or finished with a luster.
- lusterer — a person who puts a lustrous finish or gloss on textiles.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lutherie — The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- luxmeter — a device for measuring the brightness or illumination of a surface
- luxuries — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- medullar — Medullary.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- merciful — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- misruled — Simple past tense and past participle of misrule.
- misruler — One who rules badly.
- misrules — Plural form of misrule.
- mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- muddlers — Plural form of muddler.
- mufflers — Plural form of muffler.
- mulberry — the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.