ludomania
Addiction to games or gambling; problem gambling.

ludophilia
The love of play.

luff
The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
The roundest part of a ship's bow.
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

luffs
plural of luff

luftgeschaeft
A meaningless or unproductive job, which contributes little or no value to society.

luftgeschaefts
plural of luftgeschaeft

luggable
An early portable computer, similar to a desktop computer.
An early portable computer, heavier than the modern laptop.
A portable computer that can be easily carried and moved, but cannot easily be used during travel.

luggables
plural of luggable

lugubriosity
lugubriousness

lugubriousness
The property of being lugubrious.

lukeme
A kind of thumb piano from Africa.

lukemes
plural of lukeme.

lukeness
The quality of being lukewarm.

lukewarmism
An indifferent or unenthusiastic attitude.
The belief that climate change is due to human activity but that it is not a serious problem.

lukewarmness
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.

lukewarmnesses
plural of lukewarmness

lukewarmth
lukewarmness

lukongs
plural of lukong

lulziness
The state of being lulzy.

lumberdar
The registered representative of a coparcenary community, who is responsible for government revenue.

lumberdars
plural of lumberdar

lumberdom
The world of lumber and lumberjacks.

lumberingness
The quality of being lumbering; awkwardness, ponderousness.

lumbersomeness
The quality of being lumbersome.

lumbodynia
lower back pain

lumbosciatalgia
pain in the lumbar and sciatic regions

lumbosciatalgias
plural of lumbosciatalgia

lumel
A texel in the texture map representing a lightmap.

lumels
plural of lumel

lumenization
The formation of lumens

lumenography
Misspelling of luminography.

lumia
A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.

lumias
plural of lumia

luminance
The quality of being luminous.
The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle.
The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs.

luminances
plural of luminance

lumination
Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.

luminations
plural of lumination

luminism
An American artistic style of the 19th century, characterised by effects of light in landscapes.

luminography
A form of photography that, instead of using a camera, exposes a photosensitive material to light that is modified by an intervening object

luminometry
A bioluminescent immunoassay for detecting ATP using a luminometer.

luminosities
plural of luminosity

luminosity
the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
The rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions.

luminotherapy
Synonym of phototherapy.

luminousity
Misspelling of luminosity.

luminousness
The quality of being luminous.

luminousnesses
plural of luminousness

lumpabilities
plural of lumpability

lumpability
The extent to which a matrix is lumpable.
A property indicating whether a group of entities should be treated as separate or as a monad.

lumpenintelligentsia
The lowest stratum of the intelligentsia, sometimes associated with informal education.

lumpenism
lumpen beliefs or behaviour

lumpenproletariat
The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.
A social underclass; the riffraff.

lumpenproletariats
plural of lumpenproletariat

lumpia
A kind of spring roll.

lumpias
plural of lumpia

lumpiness
The property of being lumpy.

lumpinesses
plural of lumpiness

lumpishness
The property of being lumpish.

lumplessness
Absence of lumps.

lunacies
plural of lunacy

lunacy
The state of being mad, insanity
The state of being mad, insanity
Something deeply misguided.

lunambulism
sleepwalking induced by the moonlight

lunarpunk
A movement and subgenre of speculative fiction that focuses on spirituality, utopia, and cycle of life.

lunatectomy
Surgical removal or excision of the lunate.

lunchbreak
A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.

lunchbreaks
plural of lunchbreak

lunchlessness
Absence of lunch.

lunchtime
The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
A break in work or school to eat lunch.

lunet
A little moon or satellite.

lunets
plural of lunet

lungedness
The state or quality of having a particular type of lung.

lungoor
Archaic form of langur.

lungoors
plural of lungoor

lunistice
The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

lunistices
plural of lunistice

lunokhod
One of the Soviet robotic lunar rovers.

lunokhods
plural of lunokhod

lunula
Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.

lunulae
plural of lunula

lunule
Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
An area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

lunules
plural of lunule

lurement
Synonym of allurement (“enticement”).

luridity
The quality of being lurid.

luridness
The property of being lurid.

luridnesses
plural of luridness

lurkdom
The state of lurking (reading a forum, social media site, etc. without interacting).

lurkerdom
Synonym of lurkdom.

lurkership
The state or quality of being a lurker.
The lurkers who frequent a newsgroup, message board, etc., taken as a group.

lurkiness
The state, quality, or condition of being lurky

lurkingness
Quality of lurking.

lurr
Alternative form of lur.

lurrs
plural of lurr

lurt
A lump of dirt or excrement; a turd.

lurts
plural of lurt

lusciousness
Property of being luscious.

lusciousnesses
plural of lusciousness

lushness
The property of being lush.

lushnesses
plural of lushness

lusism
Any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.

lusisms
plural of lusism

lusitanization
The act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
The act or process of becoming Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.

lusitropism
The condition of being lusitropic

lusophilia
Alternative letter-case form of Lusophilia.

lusophobia
Alternative letter-case form of Lusophobia.

lusotropicalism
The distinctive character of Portuguese imperialism, supposed to indicate that the Portuguese were better colonizers than those of other European nations.

lusterlessness
Absence of luster.

lustfulness
The state, quality, or condition of being lustful

lustfulnesses
plural of lustfulness

lustihead
Lustfulness, delight; licentiousness.

lustihood
The state of being lusty.
A vigor of body.

lustiness
The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.

lustinesses
plural of lustiness

lustlessness
The state or condition of being lustless; absence of lust.

lustrelessness
Absence of lustre.

lustrousness
Property of being lustrous.

lusus
Ellipsis of lusus naturae.

lususes
plural of lusus.

luteinisation
Alternative form of luteinization.

luteinization
The formation of the corpus luteum from a mature ovarian follicle.

luteinizations
plural of luteinization

lutemaking
The manufacture of lutes.

luteocobalt
A yellow variety of cobalt.

luteogenesis
The formation and development of the corpus luteum

luteophanol
A type of amphidinol present in a dinoflagellate of the genus Amphidinium