10-letter words containing s, u, o, l
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- le creusot — a city in E central France.
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- libidinous — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- limicolous — dwelling in mud or muddy regions.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- liu shaoqi — 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- 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
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- 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.
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- loudmouths — Plural form of loudmouth.
- louis d'or — a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.
- 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.
- louis viii — known as Coeur-de-Lion. 1187–1226, king of France (1223–26). He was offered the English throne by opponents of King John but his invasion failed (1216)