9-letter words containing n, u, l
- junk call — a telephone call soliciting a donation or selling a product or service by a caller making many such calls to a list of prospects.
- junk mail — unsolicited commercial mail or email.
- jutlander — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- juttingly — in a protruding or jutting manner
- juveniles — Plural form of juvenile.
- juvenilia — (literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- kerguelen — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- kien lung — Ch'ien Lung.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- knuckling — Present participle of knuckle.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- kundalini — the vital force lying dormant within one until activated by the practice of yoga, which leads one toward spiritual power and eventual salvation.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- la laguna — city in Tenerife, Canary Islands: pop. 128,000
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- laconicum — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- landaulet — an automobile having a convertible top for the back seat, with the front seat either roofed or open.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- languaged — Having a specified type or number of languages.
- languages — Plural form of language.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- languette — a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes.
- languidly — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- lanthanum — a rare-earth, trivalent, metallic element, allied to aluminum, found in certain minerals, as monazite. Symbol: La; atomic weight: 138.91; atomic number: 57; specific gravity: 6.15 at 20°C.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- laundered — Simple past tense and past participle of launder.
- launderer — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lean-burn — (esp of an internal-combustion engine) designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
- leavenous — containing leaven
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.