12-letter words containing n, u, l
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lubberliness — Quality of being lubberly.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucklessness — The state or condition of being luckless.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- luff on luff — a tackle composed of one luff attached to the fall of another.
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- luminescence — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- luminousness — The condition of being luminous.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- luncheonette — a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- lusciousness — Property of being luscious.
- lustrousness — the state or condition of being lustrous
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
- manipulation — the act of manipulating.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mantle plume — plume (def 10).
- manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matriculants — Plural form of matriculant.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison