10-letter words containing u, n, i, s, l
- liquescent — becoming liquid; melting.
- liquidness — The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter).
- lisianthus — Eustoma grandiflorum, now Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum, a flowering plant.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- luminesced — Simple past tense and past participle of luminesce.
- luminesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luminesce.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- lusitanian — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- maudlinism — A maudlin condition.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- miniscules — Misspelling of minuscules.
- minuscules — Plural form of minuscule.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- misvaluing — Present participle of misvalue.
- moliminous — ponderous or hugely important or significant
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something
- mousseline — muslin.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- multisense — having more than one meaning.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- mutinously — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- nautiloids — Plural form of nautiloid.
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- nebulizers — Plural form of nebulizer.
- nebulosity — nebulous or nebular matter.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.