8-letter words containing a, l, s, o, u
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- jalousie — a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- jealouse — to suspect
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- larousse — Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- last out — to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- missoula — a city in W Montana.
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outfalls — Plural form of outfall.
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outhauls — Plural form of outhaul.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlast.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- papulose — having papules
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.