6-letter words containing lu
- lunate — Also, lunated. being in the shape of a crescent; crescent-shaped.
- lunchy — stupid; dull-witted.
- lungan — longan.
- lunged — a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- lungee — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- lunger — a person or thing that lunges.
- lunges — Plural form of lunge.
- 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.
- lupoid — suffering from lupus
- lupoma — any of the tubercles occurring in lupus vulgaris.
- lupous — resembling or relating to lupus
- lurcat — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- lurdan — a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- luring — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lurked — to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
- lurker — lurking
- lusaka — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 288,130 sq. mi. (746,256 sq. km). Capital: Lusaka.
- lusern — (obsolete) A lynx.
- lushed — drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
- lusher — lush2 (def 1).
- lushes — drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
- lushly — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- 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.
- lusted — intense sexual desire or appetite.
- luster — a person who lusts: a luster after power.
- lustra — Also, luster; especially British, lustre. a period of five years.
- lustre — lustrum (def 1).
- luteal — of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- 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.
- luters — Plural form of luter.
- luteum — yellow
- luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- luting — a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
- lutist — a lute player; lutenist.
- lutose — covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- lutuli — Albert (John Mvumbi)1898-1967; South African political leader, born in Zimbabwe
- 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.
- lutzes — Plural form of lutz.
- luvvie — Alternative spelling of luvvy.