9-letter words containing r, u, n, l
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
- iron lung — a chamberlike respirator, formerly used in the treatment of poliomyelitis, that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- jullundur — a city in N Punjab, in NW India.
- junctural — of or relating to phonological juncture.
- 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).
- kerguelen — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- 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.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- 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
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- 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).
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.
- lunar day — a division of time that is equal to the elapsed time between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the moon.
- lunarnaut — an astronaut who travels or has travelled to the moon
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- luridness — The property of being lurid.
- lurkingly — So as to lurk; in sinister concealment.