7-letter words containing l, u, n
- kuenlun — a mountain range in China, bordering on the N edge of the Tibetan plateau and extending W across central China: highest peak, 25,000 feet (7620 meters).
- kurland — a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.
- kurnool — a city in S central India, in Andhra Pradesh state.
- lacunae — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacunal — of or relating to a lacuna.
- lacunar — Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
- lacunas — Plural form of lacuna.
- ladanum — labdanum.
- land up — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landaus — Plural form of landau.
- langour — Misspelling of languor.
- langued — (of an animal in a heraldic coat-of-arms, etc) having a tongue
- languet — any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- languid — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- languor — lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- langurs — Plural form of langur.
- lanzhou — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- latinus — the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- laudian — of or relating to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, especially that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right.
- lauding — to praise; extol.
- launces — Plural form of launce.
- launder — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundry — articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- laureen — a female given name, form of Laura.
- laurens — a female given name.
- lauwine — (poetic, dated) avalanche.
- le fanu — (Joseph) Sheridan. 1814–73, Irish writer, best known for his stories of mystery and the supernatural, esp Uncle Silas (1864) and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872)
- le guin — Ursula K(roeber) born 1929, U.S. science fiction writer, novelist, and poet (daughter of Alfred Louis Kroeber).
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, esp V. niloticus (the water leguaan), which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- legumin — a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
- lejeune — John Archer [ahr-cher] /ˈɑr tʃər/ (Show IPA), 1867–1942, U.S. Marine Corps general.
- lentous — viscid or viscous
- leucine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- levulin — a substance obtained from certain bulbs, such as that of the dahlia, which resembles dextrin and which, on hydrolysis, forms laevulose
- li yuan — (Kao TsuorGao Zu) a.d. 565–635, Chinese emperor 618–27: founder of the Tang dynasty.
- lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
- linctus — (medicine) Any syrupy medication; especially a remedy for coughs.
- line up — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-up — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- linecut — an engraving or print obtained from a line drawing
- lineout — (rugby) a set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
- lineups — Plural form of lineup.
- linguae — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- lingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- lingula — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- link up — connect
- linkups — Plural form of linkup.
- linocut — a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.