10-letter words containing n, e, l, u
- lentil cut — a cabochon cut in which the upper and lower portions of the stone are identical.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucocidin — an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lev landau — Lev Davidovich [lyef duh-vye-duh-vyich] /ˈlyɛf dʌˈvyɛ də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel Prize in Physics 1962.
- leverkusen — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, on the Rhine.
- licensures — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lieutenant — Military. first lieutenant. second lieutenant.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lighten up — be less serious
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- line judge — an official in football, volleyball, tennis, etc who assists the referee by judging whether a ball has gone out of play
- linguister — an interpreter
- liquefying — Present participle of liquefy; Alternative spelling of liquifying.
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- liquidness — The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter).
- loan value — the highest amount of money that can be borrowed against a life-insurance policy, based on the cash value of the policy.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- long house — 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.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- longaevous — long-lived
- longhouses — Plural form of longhouse.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- longtitude — Misspelling of longitude.
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- loundering — a beating
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- ludendorff — Erich Friedrich Wilhelm von [ey-rikh free-drikh vil-helm fuh n] /ˈeɪ rɪx ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1937, German general.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- lumen-hour — a unit of luminous energy, equal to that emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen. Abbreviation: lm-hr.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- lunar year — year (def 4a).
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.