6-letter words containing u, l, e
- lunule — something shaped like a narrow crescent, as the small, pale area at the base of the fingernail.
- lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lurked — to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
- lurker — lurking
- lusern — (obsolete) A lynx.
- lushed — drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
- lusher — lush2 (def 1).
- lushes — drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
- lusted — intense sexual desire or appetite.
- luster — a person who lusts: a luster after power.
- lustre — lustrum (def 1).
- luteal — of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- lutein — Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- luters — Plural form of luter.
- luteum — yellow
- luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- lutose — covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- lutzen — a town in E Germany, WSW of Leipzig: site of Gustavus Adolphus' victory over Wallenstein in 1632 and Napoleon's victory over the Russians in 1813.
- lutzes — Plural form of lutz.
- luvvie — Alternative spelling of luvvy.
- luxate — to put out of joint; dislocate: The accident luxated the left shoulder.
- luzern — Lucerne.
- lvalue — (programming) A reference to a location, an expression which can appear as the destination of an assignment operator indicating where a value should be stored. For example, a variable or an array element are lvalues but the constant 42 and the expression i+1 are not. A constant string may or may not be an lvalue (it usually is in C).
- lyceum — an institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.
- macule — mackle.
- manuel — a male given name.
- maudle — (obsolete, transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
- mauled — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- mauler — One who mauls.
- milieu — surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
- module — a separable component, frequently one that is interchangeable with others, for assembly into units of differing size, complexity, or function.
- mousle — (obsolete, transitive) To sport with roughly; to rumple.
- muckle — mickle.
- muddle — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- muesli — a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- muggle — A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.
- muleta — a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- muleys — Plural form of muley.
- mulier — a legitimate child.
- mulled — to study or ruminate; ponder.
- mullen — any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
- muller — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- mullet — any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
- mulley — muley
- mumble — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
- muriel — a female given name.
- muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- mussel — any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- mutely — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.