8-letter words containing a, l, i, s, o
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- orinasal — pronounced with the voice issuing through the mouth and the nose simultaneously, as in the nasalized vowels of French.
- orlistat — A drug designed to treat obesity.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- oversail — a projection
- pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- rasorial — given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- saltillo — a state in N Mexico. 58,067 sq. mi. (150,395 sq. km). Capital: Saltillo.
- sao luis — a seaport on an island off the NE coast of Brazil: capital of Maranhão.
- sassolin — a boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scolioma — an abnormal curving of the spine
- sea lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sea-lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- sideload — to transfer software, data, etc., from one local system or device to another, typically from one's computer to a mobile device.
- silk oak — any of several Australian trees of the genus Grevillea, especially G. robusta, having feathery, fernlike leaves and showy orange or yellow flowers, grown as a street tree in Florida and California.
- siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- slovakia — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- socially — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.