Lusignanmember of a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the Middle Ages
lusismAny word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.
LusitanA native or inhabitant of Lusitania; a Portuguese.
LusitaniaAn ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal.
lusitanianOf or pertaining to ancient Roman province of Lusitania, its people or culture.
LusitanicOf or relating to the ancient Lusitans or Lusitania.
lusotropicalOf or relating to the parts of the tropics that were formerly colonies of Portugal.
lusotropicalismThe distinctive character of Portuguese imperialism, supposed to indicate that the Portuguese were better colonizers than those of other European nations.
luspaterceptA medication used for the treatment of anemia in beta thalassemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.
LussA village on the west shore of Loch Lomond, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3593).
lustrateSynonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or (historical) the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census.
lustrationA rite of purification, especially washing.
lustworthyWorthy of being lusted after; sexually desirable.
lustyExhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
lusupultideA drug affecting the respiratory system.
lususThe supposed son or companion of Bacchus, god of wine and divine madness, to whom Portuguese national mythology attributed the foundation of ancient Lusitania and the fatherhood of the Lusitanians.
lusutrombopagA medication used to treat certain conditions that lead to thrombocytopenia.
lutariousOf, pertaining to, or like mud; living in mud.
lutationThe act or method of luting vessels, of cementing vessels using lute (the material)
luteA fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
lutefishAny of a family of characiform fish (Citharinidae), including the genera Citharidium (one species), Citharinops (one species), and Citharinus (6 species).
lutefiskA traditional Nordic dish made from stockfish and soda lye.
luteinA yellow carotenoid pigment, widely distributed in both plants and animals.
luteinizationThe formation of the corpus luteum from a mature ovarian follicle.
luteinizeTo promote the development of the corpus luteum.
luteinizingCausing development of the corpus luteum
luteolysisThe 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.
luteomaA rare tumour derived from a previous folliculoma or thecoma after luteinization, acquiring the ability to produce and to accumulate the hormone.
luteoneA prenylated isoflavone found in the pods of Laburnum anagyroides.
luteophanolA type of amphidinol present in a dinoflagellate of the genus Amphidinium
luteoprotectiveThat protects the functioning of the corpus luteum
luteoskyrinA hepatotoxin produced by Penicillium islandicum.