8-letter words containing a, s, u, l, t
- gaullist — a supporter of the political principles of Charles Charles de Gaulle.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- ghastful — frightful.
- gustable — Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- insulant — an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- 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.
- lathyrus — a genus of leguminous climbing plants that includes the sweet pea
- lawsuits — Plural form of lawsuit.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- masscult — the forms of culture, as music, drama, and literature, as selected, interpreted, and popularized by the mass media for dissemination to the widest possible audience.
- mudflats — Plural form of mudflat.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- nautilus — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nutgalls — Plural form of nutgall.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- 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.
- pastural — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- petalous — having petals.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.