9-letter words containing l, u, e, s
- liquidise — (British) alternative spelling of liquidize.
- liquifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquify.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- literatus — singular of literati.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- longevous — long-lived; living to a great age.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- lousiness — infested with lice.
- lucencies — shining.
- lucidness — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luckiness — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- lug-soled — (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.
- lullabies — Plural form of lullaby.
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- luridness — The property of being lurid.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lustiness — The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lustrate.
- lutenists — Plural form of lutenist.
- luteolous — fairly or somewhat luteous
- lutescent — yellowish in colour
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- maculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maculate.
- majuscule — (of letters) capital.
- malamutes — Plural form of malamute.
- malleolus — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mamelukes — Plural form of mameluke.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- masculate — (obsolete, transitive) To make strong.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.