11-letter words containing lu
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- cluster leg — a leg having the form of a cluster of columns or shafts.
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- collutorium — collutory.
- colubriform — shaped like or resembling a member of the Colubridae family of snakes
- columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
- columbiform — Having the form of a dove or pigeon.
- column inch — a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- columniform — Having the form of a column.
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
- concludable — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- conclusions — Plural form of conclusion.
- confluences — Plural form of confluence.
- confluently — in a confluent manner
- convoluting — rolled up together or with one part over another.
- convolution — Convolutions are curves on an object or design that has a lot of curves.
- convolvulus — any typically twining herbaceous convolvulaceous plant of the genus Convolvulus, having funnel-shaped flowers and triangular leaves
- convulvulus — Misspelling of convolvulus A plant of the bindweed family.
- corn gluten — gluten separated from corn during milling, used primarily as a livestock feed.
- crepusculum — Crepuscule; twilight; dusk.
- curriculums — Plural form of curriculum.
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- dasht-e-lut — vast desert region of central and SE Iran, extending southward from the Dasht-e-Kavir
- dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decluttered — Simple past tense and past participle of declutter.
- deevolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- deglutinate — to extract the gluten from (a cereal, esp wheat)
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- delta blues — a style of blues originating in the Mississippi Delta, typically featuring slide guitar and harmonica
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delusionist — a person prone to delusions
- delusterant — a chemical agent, as titanium dioxide, used in reducing the sheen of a yarn or fabric.
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depollution — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).
- devaluating — Present participle of devaluate.
- devaluation — a decrease in the exchange value of a currency against gold or other currencies, brought about by a government
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks