10-letter words containing n, u, l
- 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
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- 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.
- loungingly — in a lounging manner
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- low ground — Often, low grounds. Southern U.S. bottom (def 4).
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- 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.
- lughnasadh — an ancient Celtic festival held on Aug 1. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- 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.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lunar year — year (def 4a).
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunch hour — pause from work to eat midday meal
- 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.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- 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).
- lung fluke — any of various trematodes, as Paragonimus westermani, parasitic in the lungs of humans and other mammals.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- lunkheaded — Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse.
- 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.
- lute stern — a transom stern used on small boats, having an open after extension for breaking up seas coming from astern.