9-letter words containing s, t, l, u
- insulated — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- insulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of insulate.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- insulsity — stupidity
- insultant — insulting
- insulting — giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.
- insultive — (rare,non-standard) Insulting.
- involutes — Plural form of involute.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- jelutongs — Plural form of jelutong.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- junglists — Plural form of junglist.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- lecturers — Plural form of lecturer.
- leg stump — either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
- leucistic — having reduced pigmentation in the skin but normally coloured eyes
- leviticus — the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- linguists — Plural form of linguist.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- literatus — singular of literati.
- litigious — of or relating to litigation.
- liturgics — the science or art of conducting public worship.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- liturgist — an authority on liturgies.
- locutions — Plural form of locution.
- long suit — Cards. the suit in which the most cards are held in a hand. (in bridge) a suit in which four or more cards are held in a hand.
- lost soul — sb without purpose
- lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
- 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.
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- lusitania — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.