6-letter words containing u, n, l
- lungie — (UK, Scotland, dialect) A guillemot.
- lungis — Plural form of lungi.
- lungki — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- lungyi — lungi.
- lunker — something unusually large for its kind.
- lunner — A meal consumed between lunchtime and dinnertime, consisting of food items from the respective meals.
- lunted — a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lunula — something shaped like a narrow crescent, as the small, pale area at the base of the fingernail.
- 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.
- lupino — Ida, 1918–95, U.S. actress and film director, born in England.
- lupins — Plural form of lupin.
- lurdan — a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- luring — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lusern — (obsolete) A lynx.
- lushun — an old city and seaport in S Liaoning province, in NE China, on the Yellow Sea: now part of the urban area of Dalian.
- 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.
- luting — a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
- 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.
- luwian — an extinct ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform.
- luxian — former name of Luzhou.
- luzern — Lucerne.
- manful — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- manuel — a male given name.
- moulin — a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
- 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.
- multan — a city in E central Pakistan.
- muslin — a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- nablus — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- nagual — a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.
- nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- nebule — (obsolete) A little cloud.
- nebuly — resembling the wavy edges of a cloud, esp of a line in heraldry or architecture
- netful — the quantity of fish that can be held by a net
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nisgul — the smallest and weakest bird in a brood of chickens
- nodule — a small node, knot, or knob.
- nounal — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nubble — a small lump or piece.
- nubbly — full of small protuberances.
- nubile — (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- nuchal — Of or relating to the nape of the neck.
- nuclei — plural of nucleus.
- nucule — (rare) A section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.
- nudely — In a nude manner.
- nullah — an intermittent watercourse.
- nulled — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- numbly — In a numb manner; without feeling.
- nuncle — uncle.