7-letter words containing lu
- glutose — an ingredient of a syrupy mixture obtained by the action of alkali on levulose or found in the unfermentable reducing portion of cane molasses.
- glutted — to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
- glutton — the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.
- gyplure — a synthetic form of the sex pheromone of the female gypsy moth, used in traps to attract males.
- hakluyt — Richard, 1552?–1616, English geographer and editor of explorers' narratives.
- hamulus — a small hook or hooklike process, especially at the end of a bone.
- hasanlu — an archaeological site in NW Iran, S of Lake Urmia: excavated Mannaean city.
- helluva — (colloquial) hell of a; extreme.
- hoodlum — a thug or gangster.
- illuded — to deceive or trick.
- illudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illude.
- illumed — Simple past tense and past participle of illume.
- illust. — illustrated
- illuvia — the material accumulated through illuviation.
- in luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- include — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
- incluse — recluse (def 2).
- iqaluit — a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Capital: Iqaluit.
- jobclub — a group of unemployed people organized through a Jobcentre, which meets every day and is given advice on job seeking to increase its members' chances of finding employment
- jubilus — (in Roman Catholic music) a rejoicing, melodic group of tones to which is chanted the last “a” of the second and third alleluias, often following the gradual of the Mass.
- jugulum — (anatomy) The neck or throat.
- kahului — a town on N Maui, in central Hawaii.
- keelung — Chilung.
- kludged — Simple past tense and past participle of kludge.
- kludges — Plural form of kludge.
- kludgey — Alternative form of kludgy.
- klunker — clunker (def 2).
- klutzes — Plural form of klutz.
- ku klux — Ku Klux Klan
- kuenlun — a mountain range in China, bordering on the N edge of the Tibetan plateau and extending W across central China: highest peak, 25,000 feet (7620 meters).
- kwazulu — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa, in Natal: abolished in 1993 and became part of the new province of KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Ulundi
- limulus — a crab of the genus Limulus; horseshoe crab.
- littlun — A child or a young animal.
- lobulus — a lobule.
- loculus — Biology. locule.
- lu hsun — (Chou Shu-jen) Lu Xun.
- lualaba — a river in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: a headstream of the Congo (Zaire) River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- luangwa — a river in E Zambia, flowing SSW to the Zambezi River. 500 miles (805 km) long: forms part of boundary with Mozambique.
- luapula — a river in S central Africa, flowing E and N along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lake Mweru. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- lubbers — Plural form of lubber.
- lubbock — Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury, 1834–1913, English author, natural scientist, and statesman.
- lubfish — a stockfish
- lucania — an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lucence — shining.
- lucency — shining.
- lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- lucidly — easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
- lucifer — a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- lucific — Producing light.