"pertaining to the corpus luteum," 1906, from Latin luteus "yellow," from lutum, the name of a weed used in dying yellow, a word of unknown origin. Luteal phase is attested by 1932.
lustrous
lustrum
lusty
lusus naturae
lute
luteal
luteous
lute-string
Lutetian
lutetium
Lutheran
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