10-letter words containing o, u, s, e, l
- long purse — wealth; riches
- longaevous — long-lived
- longhouses — Plural form of longhouse.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- loose smut — a disease of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi of the genus Ustilago, in which powdery spore masses replace the host tissue
- los teques — a city in N Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- lost cause — a cause that has been defeated or whose defeat is inevitable.
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- louis heel — a French heel of medium height, flared out or widened at the base, used on women's shoes.
- louis riel — Louis, 1844–85, Canadian revolutionary.
- louisville — a port in N Kentucky, on the Ohio River: Kentucky Derby.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lumbersome — unwieldy; cumbrous
- lumisterol — a steroid compound produced when ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Formula: C28H44O
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mausoleums — Plural form of mausoleum.
- megajoules — Plural form of megajoule.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monologues — Plural form of monologue.
- mouse belt — rat belt
- mouse-hole — the burrow of a mouse.
- mousetails — Plural form of mousetail.
- mousseline — muslin.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- mush-melon — muskmelon.
- muskmelons — Plural form of muskmelon.
- nauseously — In a nauseous manner.
- nebulosity — nebulous or nebular matter.
- nebulously — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nonsensual — Not sensual.