8-letter words containing u, l, e, n
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- like fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- lilburne — John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- line cut — an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone (def 2).
- line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-out — a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- linehaul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linguine — a type of pasta in long, slender, flat strips.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- linoleum — a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns.
- liven up — make more lively
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- loudened — Simple past tense and past participle of louden.
- loudness — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- luculent — clear or lucid: a luculent explanation.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- luncheon — lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lüneburg — a city in N Germany, in Lower Saxony: capital of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1369; prominent Hanse town; saline springs. Pop: 70 614 (2003 est)
- lunettes — Plural form of lunette.
- lungeing — Present participle of lunge.
- lungeous — (of a person) violent; rough.
- lungless — Without lungs.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lushness — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- lutenist — a person who plays the lute.
- luteolin — a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lutulent — Pertaining to mud, muddy.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manuel i — called the Fortunate. 1469–1521, king of Portugal (1495–1521); his reign saw the discovery of Brazil and the beginning of Portuguese trade with India and the East
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- menelaus — Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- menseful — gracious or proper
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- miquelon — St. Pierre and Miquelon.
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- monocule — (zoology) A small crustacean with one median eye.
- monofuel — a fuel that is made up of a single constituent and has nothing added to it