9-letter words containing r, u, l, e
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- liquefier — A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression).
- liquorice — licorice.
- literatus — singular of literati.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- louvertie — a female given name.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbermen — Plural form of lumberman.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- luminaire — A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).
- luridness — The property of being lurid.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lustrate.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- luxuriate — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- matterful — (of an author or book) full of interesting or significant ideas
- maturable — capable of being matured
- mccullers — Carson [kahr-suh n] /ˈkɑr sən/ (Show IPA), 1917–1967, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- medullary — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling the medulla of an organ or the medulla oblongata.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- menstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- mercyfull — Obsolete spelling of merciful.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- molecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- montreuil — a suburb of Paris, in N France.
- mouldered — Simple past tense and past participle of moulder.
- mudlogger — a person in the oil industry who checks the mud for traces of oil or gas
- mufflered — Wearing a muffler.