10-letter words starting with lu
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- 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).
- lung fluke — any of various trematodes, as Paragonimus westermani, parasitic in the lungs of humans and other mammals.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- lunkheaded — Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- 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.
- lust after — desire sexually
- lusterless — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lusterware — ceramic ware covered with a luster.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lustreless — (chiefly UK) alternative spelling of lusterless.
- lustreware — Alternative spelling of lusterware.
- lustrously — In a lustrous manner, glossily.
- lut desert — Dasht-e-Lut.
- lute stern — a transom stern used on small boats, having an open after extension for breaking up seas coming from astern.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- luxuriancy — Obsolete form of luxuriance.
- luxuriated — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- luxuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxuriate.
- luxury tax — a tax on certain goods or services not considered essential and usually relatively high in price.