8-letter words containing u, l, n
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- luculent — clear or lucid: a luculent explanation.
- lucullan — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- luhrmann — Baz (Mark Anthony). born 1962, Australian film director and screenwriter; his films include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008), and The Great Gatsby (2013)
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- luminism — a style of landscape painting practiced by some mid-19th-century American artists, especially of the Hudson River School, that emphasized meticulously crafted realism and a technically precise rendering of atmosphere and of the effects produced by direct and reflected light.
- luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunarian — a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lunchbox — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- luncheon — lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- lunching — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; 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.
- lungfish — any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters).
- lungfuls — Plural form of lungful.
- lungless — Without lungs.
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- luringly — in a luring or inviting manner
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lushness — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- 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.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- lutulent — Pertaining to mud, muddy.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.