10-letter words containing r, e, g, u, l
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- le bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- leg-puller — an amusing hoax, practical joke, or the like: The entire story was a hilarious leg-pull.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- linguister — an interpreter
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- 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.
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- lug-rigged — rigged with a lugsail or lugsails.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- muhlenberg — Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750–1801, U.S. clergyman and statesman: first Speaker of the House 1789–91, 1793–95.
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- multirange — having several ranges
- myriologue — An extemporaneous funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend in modern Greece.
- neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
- neurologic — Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
- numerology — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- one-lunger — a one-cylinder internal-combustion engine.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outglitter — to glitter more than
- overruling — the act or instance of ruling over another
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- profulgent — radiant
- prologuize — to compose or deliver a prologue.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- queryingly — in a querying manner
- quiver leg — a round, tapered chair leg used in the Louis Quinze style and similar styles.