9-letter words containing l, i, u
- 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.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- lustiness — The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- lustrious — Fantastic; amazing; splendid.
- luteinize — to produce corpora lutea in.
- lutenists — Plural form of lutenist.
- lutuamian — a member of a group of American Indian peoples including the Modoc and the Klamath.
- luvviedom — the world of actors and the theatre
- luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- luxurious — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- maclaurin — Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.
- 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.
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- 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.
- maltitude — (math) Any of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.
- mandibula — (anatomy) mandible.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- manualism — the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
- manualist — an advocate of manualism.
- manualize — (transitive) To make manual.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- masculism — Support for male domination of women, for patriarchy; opposition to equality for women; anti-feminism.
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- matricula — a register of people belonging to a group or organization, such as a guild or university
- matutinal — pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
- maudlinly — In a maudlin fashion.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- maxillula — either of the first pair of maxillae of a crustacean
- maximumly — In a maximum manner.
- mcauliffe — Anthony Clement, 1898–1975, U.S. Army general.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- milk duct — a duct leading from the mammary gland to the tip of a nipple which carries milk to the nipple in breastfeeding women
- millenium — Misspelling of millennium.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- milwaukee — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- milwaukie — a town in NW Oregon.