6-letter words containing n, u, l
- langur — any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- lanugo — a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- lasdun — Sir Denys. 1914–2001, British architect. He is best known for the University of East Anglia (1968) and the National Theatre in London (1976)
- launce — sand lance.
- launch — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- lauren — a female given name.
- laurin — (chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- lauzon — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Quebec City on the St. Lawrence.
- lebrun — Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1950, president of France 1932–40.
- lengua — a member of a group of Indian peoples living in the Gran Chaco area of Paraguay.
- leucin — Dated form of leucine.
- leucon — a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- leukon — the total mass of circulating leucocytes, as well as their precursors and the leukopoietic cells from which they originate
- leuven — a city in central Belgium.
- lindum — a city in E central England, administrative centre of Lincolnshire: an important ecclesiastical and commercial centre in the Middle Ages; Roman ruins, a castle (founded by William the Conqueror) and a famous cathedral (begun in 1086). Pop: 85 963 (2001)
- lineup — a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- lingua — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linkup — a contact or linkage established, as between military units or two spacecraft.
- longus — ?3rd century ad, Greek author of the prose romance Daphnis and Chloe
- louden — To become louder.
- lounge — to pass time idly and indolently.
- loungy — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lu xun — (Zhou Shuren) 1881–1936, Chinese writer.
- luanda — a republic in SW Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence Nov. 11, 1975. 481,226 sq. mi. (1,246,375 sq. km). Capital: Luanda.
- luanne — a female given name.
- lubing — Present participle of lube.
- lublin — a city in E Poland.
- lucent — shining.
- lucern — (obsolete) A lamp.
- lucian — a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- lucina — a title or name given to Juno as goddess of childbirth
- lucine — A bivalve mollusk that typically has a rounded white shell with radial and concentric ridges, found in tropical and temperate seas.
- lucken — locked; shut
- lufkin — a city in E Texas.
- lugano — a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Lugano: a financial centre and tourist resort. Pop: 26 560 (2000)
- luging — a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- lumens — Plural form of lumen.
- lumina — Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- lumine — to illumine.
- lumpen — of or relating to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, especially those who have lost status: the lumpen bourgeoisie.
- luna 9 — the Soviet lunar space-probe which made the first soft landing on the moon (1966)
- lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
- lunary — (obsolete) lunar.
- lunate — Also, lunated. being in the shape of a crescent; crescent-shaped.
- lunchy — stupid; dull-witted.
- lungan — longan.
- lunged — a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- lungee — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- lunger — a person or thing that lunges.
- lunges — Plural form of lunge.