10-letter words containing u, n, s
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leverkusen — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, on the Rhine.
- libidinous — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- licensures — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- limousines — Plural form of limousine.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistic — of or relating to linguistics.
- linguistry — the study of language
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- 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.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- longaevous — long-lived
- longhouses — Plural form of longhouse.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- lughnasadh — an ancient Celtic festival held on Aug 1. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- 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.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- 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.
- lute stern — a transom stern used on small boats, having an open after extension for breaking up seas coming from astern.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.