9-letter words with LU in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter LU is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of LU in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how LU in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| including | 13 | - | - |
| influence | 14 | induce into action by using one's charm | - |
| evolution | 12 | (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | - |
| volunteer | 12 | a person who performs voluntary work | - |
| exclusive | 21 | not divided or shared with others | they have exclusive use of the machine |
| nightclub | 17 | a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night |
| pollution | 11 | the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | - |
| concluded | 15 | having come or been brought to a conclusion | - |
| voluntary | 15 | (military) a person who freely enlists for service | - |
| reluctant | 11 | unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom | a reluctant smile |
| clubhouse | 16 | a building that is occupied by a social club | the clubhouse needed a new roof |
| plutonium | 13 | a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239 | - |
| blueberry | 16 | any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries | - |
| blueprint | 13 | something intended as a guide for making something else | a blueprint for a house |
| influenza | 21 | an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease | - |
| columbine | 15 | a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | - |
| cellulite | 11 | lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | - |
| excluding | 20 | - | - |
| unplugged | 14 | - | - |
| plundered | 13 | wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value | people returned to the plundered village |
| flustered | 13 | thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) | - |
| evaluated | 13 | - | - |
| inclusive | 14 | including much or everything; and especially including stated limits | an inclusive art form |
| seclusion | 11 | the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others | - |
| exclusion | 18 | the act of forcing out someone or something | - |
| polluting | 12 | - | - |
| columnist | 13 | a journalist who writes editorials | - |
| interlude | 10 | a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance | - |
| aluminium | 13 | a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | - |
| reclusive | 14 | withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | lived an unsocial reclusive life |
| bluebeard | 14 | (fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience | - |
| sugarplum | 14 | any of various small sugary candies | - |
| valuation | 12 | an appraisal of the value of something | he set a high valuation on friendship |
| collusion | 11 | agreement on a secret plot | - |
| inclusion | 11 | the relation of comprising something | he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work |
| bloodlust | 12 | a desire for bloodshed | - |
| dissolute | 10 | unrestrained by convention or morality | - |
| bluegrass | 12 | an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses | - |
| affluence | 17 | abundant wealth | - |
| superglue | 12 | - | - |
| cluttered | 12 | filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair |
| glutinous | 10 | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | - |
| unluckily | 18 | by bad luck | - |
| celluloid | 12 | artificial as if portrayed in a film | a novel with flat celluloid characters |
| cellulose | 11 | a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
| clustered | 12 | clustered together but not coherent | - |
| bluntness | 11 | without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | - |
| colluding | 13 | - | - |
| fluctuate | 14 | move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | - |
| occlusion | 13 | (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft | - |
| glutamate | 12 | a salt or ester of glutamic acid | - |
| sparkplug | 18 | - | - |
| ululating | 10 | - | - |
| gladiolus | 11 | the large central part of the breastbone | - |
| plurality | 14 | (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) | - |
| elucidate | 12 | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | - |
| evaluator | 12 | an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | - |
| bluestone | 11 | bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building | - |
| pluralism | 13 | a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated | - |
| clumsiest | 13 | - | - |
| undiluted | 11 | not diluted | undiluted milk |
| unplucked | 18 | - | - |
| valueless | 12 | of no value | - |
| pollutant | 11 | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil | - |
| pluralize | 20 | mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese? |
| insoluble | 11 | (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved | - |
| fluoresce | 14 | exhibit or undergo fluorescence | - |
| acellular | 11 | not made up of or divided into cells | - |
| telluride | 10 | any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements | - |
| unflushed | 16 | - | - |
| confluent | 14 | a branch that flows into the main stream | - |
| devaluate | 13 | lose in value | - |
| collusive | 14 | acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end | - |
| cellulous | 11 | - | - |
| misvalued | 15 | - | - |
| misvalues | 14 | - | - |
| mislucked | 18 | - | - |
| molluscan | 13 | - | - |
| molluscum | 15 | any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules | - |
| molluskan | 15 | - | - |
| mucklucks | 23 | - | - |
| nelumbium | 15 | - | - |
| nonfluids | 13 | - | - |
| nonplused | 12 | filled with bewilderment | - |
| nonpluses | 11 | - | - |
| noctiluca | 13 | large bioluminescent marine protozoan | - |
| nucleolus | 11 | a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis | - |
| opusculum | 15 | - | - |
| operculum | 15 | a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted | - |
| occludent | 14 | - | - |
| occluders | 14 | - | - |
| occluding | 15 | - | - |
| occlusive | 16 | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | - |
| obvoluted | 15 | - | - |
| occlusors | 13 | - | - |
| outbluffs | 17 | - | - |
| outvalued | 13 | - | - |
| outvalues | 12 | - | - |
| overflush | 18 | - | - |
| outlustre | 9 | - | - |
| overvalue | 15 | assign too high a value to | - |
| overlusty | 15 | - | - |
| papillule | 13 | - | - |
| paramylum | 18 | - | - |
| paludinal | 12 | - | - |
| paludisms | 14 | - | - |
| palustral | 11 | - | - |
| pediculus | 14 | type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans | - |
| paspalums | 15 | - | - |
| melungeon | 12 | - | - |
| maxillula | 18 | - | - |
| mimuluses | 13 | - | - |
| mezzaluna | 29 | - | - |
| volucrine | 14 | - | - |
| volumeter | 14 | a meter to measure the volume of gases, liquids, or solids (either directly or by displacement) | - |
| volumetry | 17 | - | - |
| voluminal | 14 | - | - |
| volumised | 15 | - | - |
| volumises | 14 | - | - |
| volumists | 14 | - | - |
| volumized | 24 | - | - |
| volumizes | 23 | - | - |
| volutions | 12 | - | - |
| waldflute | 16 | - | - |
| vulsellum | 14 | - | - |
| vinculums | 16 | - | - |
| salubrity | 14 | the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | - |
| saluretic | 11 | - | - |
| schellums | 16 | - | - |
| schlumped | 19 | - | - |
| semisolus | 11 | - | - |
| semiplume | 15 | - | - |
| semilunar | 11 | resembling the new moon in shape | - |
| semilunes | 11 | - | - |
| semifluid | 15 | - | - |
| scutellum | 13 | - | - |
| secluding | 13 | - | - |
| seclusive | 14 | - | - |
| sensillum | 11 | - | - |
| shlumping | 17 | - | - |
| silurists | 9 | - | - |
| siluroids | 10 | - | - |
| slushiest | 12 | - | - |
| slutchier | 14 | - | - |
| sluttiest | 9 | - | - |
| slurrying | 13 | - | - |
| slubbered | 14 | - | - |
| slubbiest | 13 | - | - |
| slumbered | 14 | - | - |
| slumberer | 13 | a rester who is sleeping | - |
| slumbrous | 13 | quiet and tranquil | - |
| slumlords | 12 | - | - |
| slummiest | 13 | - | - |
| slummings | 14 | - | - |
| slummocks | 19 | - | - |
| slumpiest | 13 | - | - |
| sluiciest | 11 | - | - |
| sluiceway | 17 | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | - |
| slubbings | 14 | - | - |
| sludgiest | 11 | - | - |
| slugabeds | 13 | - | - |
| slugfests | 13 | - | - |
| sluggabed | 14 | - | - |
| sluggards | 12 | - | - |
| slughorne | 13 | - | - |
| slughorns | 13 | - | - |
| slungshot | 13 | - | - |
| solutions | 9 | - | - |
| spirillum | 13 | any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form | - |
| splurging | 13 | - | - |
| splutters | 11 | - | - |
| spluttery | 14 | - | - |
| splurgier | 12 | - | - |
| splurgers | 12 | - | - |
| spelunked | 16 | - | - |
| spelunker | 15 | a person who explores caves | - |
| sphacelus | 16 | the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | - |
| speculums | 15 | - | - |
| stellular | 9 | - | - |
| strobilus | 11 | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | - |
| saeculums | 13 | - | - |
| roseslugs | 10 | - | - |
| rostellum | 11 | - | - |
| talukdars | 14 | - | - |
| tellurate | 9 | - | - |
| tellurian | 9 | an inhabitant of the earth | - |
| tellurion | 9 | - | - |
| tellurise | 9 | - | - |
| tellurite | 9 | - | - |
| tellurium | 11 | a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold | - |
| tellurize | 18 | - | - |
| tellurous | 9 | - | - |
| tenaculum | 13 | - | - |
| tantalums | 11 | - | - |
| thalluses | 12 | - | - |
| toluidide | 11 | - | - |
| toluidine | 10 | - | - |
| toluidins | 10 | - | - |
| trueblues | 11 | - | - |
| trochilus | 14 | - | - |
| troiluses | 9 | - | - |
| tubulures | 11 | - | - |
| tumuluses | 11 | - | - |
| umbellule | 13 | - | - |
| ululation | 9 | a long loud emotional utterance | - |
| unblunted | 12 | - | - |
| undeluded | 12 | - | - |
| underclub | 14 | - | - |
| unblurred | 12 | - | - |
| unclutter | 11 | rid of obstructions | - |
| unluckier | 15 | - | - |
| unillumed | 12 | - | - |
| unflushes | 15 | - | - |
| unsluiced | 12 | - | - |
| unsluices | 11 | - | - |
| unplumbed | 16 | situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | unplumbed depths of the sea |
| unpluming | 14 | - | - |
| unsaluted | 10 | - | - |
| utriculus | 11 | a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | - |
| valuables | 14 | - | - |
| valuating | 13 | - | - |
| valuators | 12 | - | - |
| upvaluing | 15 | - | - |
| vasculums | 16 | - | - |
| subphylum | 21 | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class | - |
| sublunary | 14 | of this earth | transcendental motives for sublunary actions |
| sublunate | 11 | - | - |
| subluxate | 18 | sprain or dislocate slightly | subluxate the hip |
| superplus | 13 | - | - |
| superclub | 15 | - | - |
| superflux | 21 | - | - |
| surplused | 12 | - | - |
| surpluses | 11 | - | - |
| pollucite | 13 | a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium | - |
| pollusion | 11 | - | - |
| polluters | 11 | - | - |
| pollutive | 14 | - | - |
| plenilune | 11 | - | - |
| plumeries | 13 | - | - |
| plunderer | 12 | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | - |
| plungings | 13 | - | - |
| plunkiest | 15 | - | - |
| pluralise | 11 | mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | - |
| pluralist | 11 | a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time | - |
| plumulose | 13 | - | - |
| plumulate | 13 | - | - |
| plumipeds | 16 | - | - |
| plummeted | 16 | - | - |
| plummiest | 15 | - | - |
| plumosely | 16 | - | - |
| plumosity | 16 | - | - |
| plumpened | 16 | - | - |
| plumpiest | 15 | - | - |
| plumpness | 15 | the bodily property of being well rounded | - |
| pluripara | 13 | - | - |
| plurisies | 11 | - | - |
| plutonomy | 16 | - | - |
| plushiest | 14 | - | - |
| plushness | 14 | - | - |
| plussages | 12 | - | - |
| pluteuses | 11 | - | - |
| plutocrat | 13 | someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth | - |
| plutology | 15 | - | - |
| plutonian | 11 | of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus | - |
| plutonism | 13 | - | - |
| plumerias | 13 | - | - |
| plumbings | 16 | - | - |
| plumbisms | 17 | - | - |
| plumbites | 15 | - | - |
| plumbless | 15 | - | - |
| plumbness | 15 | - | - |
| plumdamas | 16 | - | - |
| plumeless | 13 | - | - |
| plumelets | 13 | - | - |
| plumbeous | 15 | - | - |
| plumbates | 15 | - | - |
| pluckiest | 17 | - | - |
| pluffiest | 17 | - | - |
| plugboard | 15 | telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | - |
| pluggings | 14 | - | - |
| plugholes | 15 | - | - |
| plumbable | 17 | (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth | - |
| plumbagos | 16 | - | - |
| plumelike | 17 | resembling a plume | - |
| postludes | 12 | - | - |
| praeludia | 12 | - | - |
| preluders | 12 | - | - |
| preludial | 12 | - | - |
| preluding | 13 | - | - |
| prelusion | 11 | - | - |
| prelusive | 14 | - | - |
| prelusory | 14 | - | - |
| precludes | 14 | - | - |
| precluded | 15 | - | - |
| prehallux | 21 | - | - |
| prolusion | 11 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | - |
| prolusory | 14 | of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion | - |
| profluent | 14 | - | - |
| prevalued | 15 | - | - |
| prevalues | 14 | - | - |
| pullulate | 11 | be teeming, be abuzz | her mind pullulated with worries |
| pulvillus | 14 | - | - |
| quaaludes | 19 | - | - |
| reclusely | 14 | - | - |
| reclusion | 11 | - | - |
| reclusory | 14 | - | - |
| reguluses | 10 | - | - |
| reillumed | 12 | - | - |
| reillumes | 11 | - | - |
| refluxing | 20 | - | - |
| refluence | 14 | - | - |
| replumbed | 16 | - | - |
| replunged | 13 | - | - |
| replunges | 12 | - | - |
| resaluted | 10 | - | - |
| relucting | 12 | - | - |
| relumined | 12 | - | - |
| relumines | 11 | - | - |
| reluctate | 11 | - | - |
| reticulum | 13 | the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | - |
| revaluate | 12 | - | - |
| revaluing | 13 | - | - |
| resalutes | 9 | - | - |
| resoluble | 11 | - | - |
| resoluter | 9 | - | - |
| resolutes | 9 | - | - |
| peribolus | 13 | - | - |
| perilunes | 11 | - | - |
| pendulums | 14 | - | - |
| petiolule | 11 | the stalk of a leaflet | - |
| phalluses | 14 | - | - |
| hordeolum | 15 | an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid | - |
| illumined | 12 | - | - |
| illuminer | 11 | - | - |
| illumines | 11 | - | - |
| illusions | 9 | - | - |
| illuviate | 12 | - | - |
| illuviums | 14 | - | - |
| implunged | 15 | - | - |
| implunges | 14 | - | - |
| impluvium | 18 | - | - |
| insolubly | 14 | - | - |
| interclub | 13 | - | - |
| ingluvial | 13 | - | - |
| ingluvies | 13 | - | - |
| influxion | 19 | - | - |
| influents | 12 | - | - |
| inoculums | 13 | - | - |
| involuted | 13 | - | - |
| involutes | 12 | - | - |
| involucre | 14 | a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence | - |
| involucra | 14 | - | - |
| involucel | 14 | - | - |
| jelutongs | 17 | - | - |
| klutziest | 22 | - | - |
| kludgiest | 15 | - | - |
| kalumpits | 17 | - | - |
| kerplunks | 19 | - | - |
| limuluses | 11 | - | - |
| macallums | 15 | - | - |
| malleolus | 11 | - | - |
| mamelucos | 15 | - | - |
| mamelukes | 17 | - | - |
| hifalutin | 15 | affectedly genteel | - |
| convolute | 14 | rolled longitudinally upon itself | a convolute petal |
| confluxes | 21 | - | - |
| consolute | 11 | - | - |
| coryluses | 14 | - | - |
| cribellum | 15 | - | - |
| cubiculum | 17 | - | - |
| declutter | 12 | - | - |
| demilunes | 12 | - | - |
| depluming | 15 | - | - |
| defluxion | 20 | - | - |
| delubrums | 14 | - | - |
| deludable | 13 | - | - |
| delundung | 12 | - | - |
| delusions | 10 | - | - |
| delusters | 10 | - | - |
| diachylum | 20 | - | - |
| devaluing | 14 | - | - |
| disfluent | 13 | - | - |
| diffluent | 16 | - | - |
| diluviums | 15 | - | - |
| diluvions | 13 | - | - |
| dilutable | 12 | - | - |
| dilutions | 10 | - | - |
| disvalued | 14 | - | - |
| disvalues | 13 | - | - |
| dislustre | 10 | - | - |
| disillude | 11 | - | - |
| displumed | 15 | - | - |
| displumes | 14 | - | - |
| doublures | 12 | - | - |
| duralumin | 12 | an aluminum-based alloy | - |
| elusively | 15 | - | - |
| elutriate | 9 | - | - |
| eluviated | 13 | - | - |
| eluviates | 12 | - | - |
| emolument | 13 | compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) | a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes |
| emboluses | 13 | - | - |
| effluxion | 22 | - | - |
| effluvium | 20 | a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) | - |
| effluvial | 18 | - | - |
| effluence | 17 | the process of flowing out | - |
| effluents | 15 | - | - |
| cocoplums | 17 | - | - |
| coagulums | 14 | - | - |
| clutching | 17 | - | - |
| clubbable | 17 | inclined to club together | a clubbable man |
| clubbiest | 15 | - | - |
| clubbings | 16 | - | - |
| clubwoman | 18 | - | - |
| clubwomen | 18 | - | - |
| cluckiest | 17 | - | - |
| clumpiest | 15 | - | - |
| clumplike | 19 | - | - |
| clunkiest | 15 | - | - |
| clupeoids | 14 | - | - |
| clubroots | 13 | - | - |
| clubrooms | 15 | - | - |
| clubbisms | 17 | - | - |
| clubbists | 15 | - | - |
| clubfaces | 18 | - | - |
| clubhands | 17 | - | - |
| clubhauls | 16 | - | - |
| clubheads | 17 | - | - |
| clublands | 14 | - | - |
| compluvia | 18 | - | - |
| concluder | 14 | - | - |
| concludes | 14 | - | - |
| colluvial | 14 | - | - |
| colluvies | 14 | - | - |
| colluvium | 16 | - | - |
| colluders | 12 | - | - |
| colubriad | 14 | - | - |
| colubrids | 14 | - | - |
| colubrine | 13 | - | - |
| columbary | 18 | a birdhouse for pigeons | - |
| columbate | 15 | - | - |
| columbite | 15 | a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum | - |
| columbium | 17 | a former name for niobium | - |
| columbous | 15 | - | - |
| columella | 13 | a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal | - |
| columneas | 13 | - | - |
| evolutive | 15 | - | - |
| evoluting | 13 | - | - |
| evaluable | 14 | - | - |
| evaluates | 12 | - | - |
| exclusory | 21 | - | - |
| excludees | 19 | - | - |
| excluders | 19 | - | - |
| famuluses | 14 | - | - |
| filoplume | 16 | - | - |
| fireplugs | 15 | - | - |
| flocculus | 16 | - | - |
| flummoxed | 24 | - | - |
| fluorspar | 14 | a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine | - |
| flurrying | 16 | - | - |
| flushable | 17 | - | - |
| flushiest | 15 | - | - |
| flushings | 16 | - | - |
| flushness | 15 | - | - |
| flushwork | 22 | - | - |
| fluorotic | 14 | - | - |
| fluorosis | 12 | a pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water) | - |
| flummoxes | 23 | - | - |
| flunkyism | 21 | - | - |
| fluorenes | 12 | - | - |
| fluorides | 13 | - | - |
| fluorines | 12 | - | - |
| fluorites | 12 | - | - |
| fluoroses | 12 | - | - |
| flustrate | 12 | - | - |
| flutelike | 16 | - | - |
| fluttered | 13 | - | - |
| flutterer | 12 | - | - |
| fluviatic | 17 | - | - |
| fluxgates | 20 | - | - |
| fluxional | 19 | - | - |
| fluxmeter | 21 | meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil | - |
| flukiness | 16 | - | - |
| fluidised | 14 | - | - |
| fluidiser | 13 | - | - |
| fluidises | 13 | - | - |
| fluidized | 23 | - | - |
| fluidizer | 22 | - | - |
| fluidizes | 22 | - | - |
| fluidlike | 17 | - | - |
| fluidness | 13 | a changeable quality | a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague |
| fluidally | 16 | - | - |
| flugelmen | 15 | - | - |
| fluctuant | 14 | - | - |
| fluellens | 12 | - | - |
| fluellins | 12 | - | - |
| fluencies | 14 | - | - |
| flueworks | 19 | - | - |
| fluffiest | 18 | - | - |
| flugelman | 15 | - | - |
| fluidrams | 15 | - | - |
