Words beginning with LU

380 words and phrases start with the letters LU.

Lu(noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium
Luanda(noun) port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola
luau(noun) an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
Luba(noun) a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo
Lubavitch(noun) a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century
Lubavitch movement(noun) a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and…
Lubavitcher(noun) a member of the Lubavitch movement; a follower of Chabad Hasidism
lubber(noun) an awkward stupid person
lubber's hole(noun) hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds
lubber's line(noun) a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading
lubber's mark(noun) a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading
lubber's point(noun) a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading
lubber line(noun) a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading
lubberly(adjective) clumsy and unskilled
Lubbock(noun) a city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo
lube(noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
Lubeck(noun) a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
Lubitsch(noun) German filmmaker of sophisticated comedies (1892-1947)
Lublin(noun) an industrial city of eastern Poland
lubricant(noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
lubricate(verb) have lubricating properties
lubricated(adjective) smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction
lubricating oil(noun) a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
lubricating substance(noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
lubricating system(noun) mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine…
lubrication(noun) the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant
lubricator(noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
lubricious(adjective) having a smooth or slippery quality
lubricity(noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Lubumbashi(noun) a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966)…
Lucania(noun) a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
Lucanidae(noun) stag beetles
Lucas(noun) United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
Luce(noun) United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
lucent(adjective) softly bright or radiant
lucerne(noun) important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a…
Luchino Visconti(noun) Italian filmmaker (1906-1976)
Luciano Pavarotti(noun) Italian tenor (born in 1935)
lucid(adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
lucidity(noun) free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
lucidly(adverb) in a clear and lucid manner
lucidness(noun) free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Lucifer(noun) (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master…
luciferin(noun) pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation
lucifugal(adjective) light-avoiding
lucifugous(adjective) light-avoiding
Lucilia(noun) greenbottle flies
Lucille Ball(noun) United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
Lucite(noun) a transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin
Lucius Annaeus Seneca(noun) Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek…
Lucius Clay(noun) United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the…
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix(noun) Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus(noun) Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that…
Lucius DuBignon Clay(noun) United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the…
Lucius Licinius Lucullus(noun) Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)
Lucius Licinius Luculus(noun) Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC)
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus(noun) Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and…
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus(noun) according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned…
luck(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
luck into(verb) take possession of
luck it(verb) act by relying on one's luck
luck out(verb) succeed by luck
luck through(verb) act by relying on one's luck
luckily(adverb) by good fortune
luckiness(noun) an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
luckless(adjective) having or bringing misfortune
Lucknow(noun) a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by…
lucky(adjective) occurring by chance
lucky dip(noun) a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can…
Lucky Lindy(noun) United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
lucrative(adjective) producing a sizeable profit
lucrativeness(noun) the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
lucre(noun) informal terms for money
Lucretia Coffin Mott(noun) United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)
Lucretius(noun) Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the…
Lucrezia Borgia(noun) Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)
lucubrate(verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in…
lucubration(noun) a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
luculent(adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
lucullan(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion
Lucullus(noun) Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)
Luculus(noun) Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC)
Lucy(noun) incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
Lucy Craft Laney(noun) United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933)
Lucy in the sky with diamonds(noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Lucy Maud Montgomery(noun) Canadian novelist (1874-1942)
Lucy Stone(noun) United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
Luda(noun) an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now…
Luddite(noun) any opponent of technological progress
Ludi Saeculares(noun) the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years…
Ludian(noun) a Baltic-Finnic language
ludic(adjective) relating to play or playfulness
ludicrous(adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
ludicrously(adverb) so as to arouse or deserve laughter
ludo(noun) a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
Ludwig Boltzmann(noun) Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906)
Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein(noun) British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe(noun) United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)
Ludwig van Beethoven(noun) German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he…
Ludwig Wittgenstein(noun) British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)

lues(noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive…
lues venerea(noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive…
Lufengpithecus(noun) a genus of Hominidae
luff(noun) (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
luffa(noun) the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
Luffa acutangula(noun) loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
Luffa cylindrica(noun) the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
Lufkin(noun) a town in eastern Texas
Luftwaffe(noun) the German airforce
Lug(noun) ancient Celtic god
lug wrench(noun) a wrench with jaws that have projecting lugs to engage the object that is to be rotated
LuGanda(noun) the Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda
luge(noun) a racing sled for one or two people
Luger(noun) a German semiautomatic pistol
luggage(noun) cases used to carry belongings when traveling
luggage carousel(noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrier(noun) carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage
luggage carrousel(noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage compartment(noun) compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
luggage rack(noun) carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car
luggage van(noun) a railway car where passengers' bags are carried
lugger(noun) small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
Lugh(noun) ancient Celtic god
luging(noun) riding a light one-man toboggan
Lugosi(noun) United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)
lugsail(noun) a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
lugubrious(adjective) excessively mournful
lugubriously(adverb) in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
lugubriousness(noun) the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
lugworm(noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti(noun) Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a…
Luigi Cherubini(noun) Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842)
Luigi Galvani(noun) Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led…
Luigi Pirandello(noun) Italian novelist and playwright (1867-1936)
Luik(noun) city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
Luis Bunuel(noun) Spanish film director (1900-1983)
Luis de Gongora y Argote(noun) a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627)
Lukasiewicz notation(noun) a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
Luke(noun) (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of…
lukewarm(adjective) moderately warm
lukewarmly(adverb) in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner
lukewarmness(noun) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
Lule Burgas(noun) the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
lull(verb) calm by deception
lullaby(noun) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
Lulli(noun) French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera…
Lully(noun) Spanish philosopher (1235-1315)
lulu(noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman
Luluabourg(noun) a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg
lumbago(noun) backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular…
lumbar(adjective) of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
lumbar artery(noun) one of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae…
lumbar nerve(noun) any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the lumbar section of the spinal cord
lumbar pain(noun) backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular…
lumbar plexus(noun) a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
lumbar puncture(noun) removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for…
lumbar vein(noun) veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses
lumbar vertebra(noun) one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra…
lumber(noun) the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
lumber jacket(noun) a short warm outer jacket
lumber room(noun) a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture)
lumbering(adjective) slow and laborious because of weight
lumberjack(noun) a person who fells trees
lumberman(noun) a person who fells trees
lumberman's saw(noun) a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
lumbermill(noun) a mill for dressing logs and lumber
lumberyard(noun) a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
lumbosacral(adjective) of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
lumbosacral plexus(noun) a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the…
lumbus(noun) either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
lumen(noun) a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a…
Luminal(noun) a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
luminance(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
luminance unit(noun) a measure of luminance
luminary(noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
luminesce(verb) be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence
luminescence(noun) light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
luminescent(adjective) emitting light not caused by heat
luminism(noun) an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to…
luminosity(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
luminous(adjective) softly bright or radiant
luminous energy(noun) the energy associated with visible light
luminous flux(noun) the rate of flow of light energy
luminous flux unit(noun) a measure of luminous flux per unit area
luminous intensity unit(noun) a measure of luminous intensity
luminousness(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
lumma(noun) 100 lumma equal 1 dram in Armenia
lummox(noun) an awkward stupid person
lump(noun) a compact mass
lump sugar(noun) refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings
lump sum(noun) a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money
lumpectomy(noun) surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some…
lumpen(adjective) mentally sluggish
lumpenproletariat(noun) (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
Lumpenus(noun) a genus of Stichaeidae
Lumpenus lumpretaeformis(noun) found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters
lumper(noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
lumpfish(noun) clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for…
lumpish(adjective) mentally sluggish
lumpsucker(noun) any of several very small lumpfishes