9-letter words containing u, l, e
- languette — a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
- latitudes — Plural form of latitude.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- laudative — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughable — such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- 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.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- laurelled — Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves. Compare laurel family.
- 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.
- le cateau — a town in NE France: site (August 26, 1914) of the largest British battle since Waterloo, which led to the disruption of the German attack on the Allies. Pop: 6998 (2009)
- 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.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- 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
- leave out — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leavenous — containing leaven
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecturers — Plural form of lecturer.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lee gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- leg stump — either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- leisurely — acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lemuralia — the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures were exorcised from houses.
- lengthful — long
- lenticule — one of many tiny cylindrical or spherical lens segments embossed on the surface of a film used in stereoscopic and color photography.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- les gueux — a league of Dutch and Flemish patriots, composed chiefly of nobles and formed in 1566 to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition into the Netherlands.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leucippus — 5th century bc Greek philosopher, who originated the atomist theory of matter, developed by his disciple, Democritus
- leucistic — having reduced pigmentation in the skin but normally coloured eyes
- leucocyte — leukocyte.
- leucoline — quinoline.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.