10-letter words containing l, o, u, s, i
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- libidinous — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- limicolous — dwelling in mud or muddy regions.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- liu shaoqi — 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- louis d'or — a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.
- louis heel — a French heel of medium height, flared out or widened at the base, used on women's shoes.
- louis riel — Louis, 1844–85, Canadian revolutionary.
- louis viii — known as Coeur-de-Lion. 1187–1226, king of France (1223–26). He was offered the English throne by opponents of King John but his invasion failed (1216)
- louis xiii — 1601–43, king of France 1610–43 (son of Henry IV of Navarre).
- louis xvii — ("Louis Charles of France") 1785–95, titular king of France 1793–95 (son of Louis XVI).
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- louisville — a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: Kentucky Derby.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- ludibrious — (obsolete) sportive; wanton.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- milk stout — a rich mellow stout lacking a bitter aftertaste
- miraculous — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moliminous — ponderous or hugely important or significant
- mollitious — sensual and self-indulgent
- molluscoid — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Molluscoidea, in certain classifications comprising the bryozoans and brachiopods.
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something