10-letter words containing l, i, t, u, n
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- laurentian — of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- laurentius — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- lentil cut — a cabochon cut in which the upper and lower portions of the stone are identical.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lieutenant — Military. first lieutenant. second lieutenant.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lighten up — be less serious
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistic — of or relating to linguistics.
- linguistry — the study of language
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- litchi nut — the brownish, dried litchi fruit.
- lithuanian — of or relating to Lithuania, its inhabitants, or their language.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longtitude — Misspelling of longitude.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- lusitanian — (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.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manitoulin — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- mint julep — an alcoholic drink traditionally made with bourbon, sugar, and finely cracked ice and garnished with sprigs of mint, served in a tall, frosted glass: also made with other kinds of whiskey, brandy, and sometimes rum.
- modulating — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- modulation — the act of modulating.
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- multichain — comprising or involving several chains, esp (in chemistry) of a linear polymer
- multievent — Consisting of, or relating to, more than one event.
- multigenic — controlled by several genes; polygenic
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multinodal — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multipaned — having or comprising more than one pane, esp of glass