10-letter words containing l, u, i, n
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- 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.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- luxuriancy — Obsolete form of luxuriance.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- 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.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- 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).
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- mefloquine — An antimalarial drug consisting of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk punch — a beverage containing milk and alcoholic liquor with sugar, flavoring, etc.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- millennium — a period of 1000 years.
- miniscules — Misspelling of minuscules.
- 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.
- minuscules — Plural form of minuscule.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- misvaluing — Present participle of misvalue.
- modulating — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- modulation — the act of modulating.
- moliminous — ponderous or hugely important or significant
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something
- moribundly — In a moribund way.
- morulation — (biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mourningly — In a mourning manner; grievingly.
- mousseline — muslin.
- mudlogging — the process of recording and checking for traces of oil in the mud in a drilling area
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- mule train — a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- 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.