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9-letter words containing a, u, s, o

  • kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
  • kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
  • kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
  • kraurosis — atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, especially of the vulva.
  • laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
  • labourers — Plural form of labourer.
  • labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
  • labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
  • labourous — Obsolete form of laborious.
  • lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
  • laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
  • lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
  • langouste — spiny lobster.
  • lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
  • larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
  • laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
  • layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
  • leavenous — containing leaven
  • lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
  • limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
  • local bus — (hardware)   A bus connecting a processor to memory, usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a backplane and therefore faster. Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are still in use. The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Some computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no expansion slots. Previous non-local bus standards include ISA, EISA and MCA.
  • lotusland — A place or state concerned solely with, or providing, idle pleasure and luxury.
  • louisiana — a state in the S United States. 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge. Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.
  • lunations — Plural form of lunation.
  • lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
  • macrotous — having large ears
  • macrurous — long-tailed, as a lobster (opposed to brachyurous).
  • madhouses — Plural form of madhouse.
  • mail-outs — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
  • maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
  • malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
  • malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
  • malleolus — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
  • malodours — Plural form of malodour.
  • malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
  • manganous — containing bivalent manganese.
  • marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
  • marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
  • marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
  • mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • mass noun — a noun, as water, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural.
  • masthouse — a place, usually in a dockyard, in which masts are stored
  • mausoleal — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
  • mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
  • mausoleum — a stately and magnificent tomb.
  • meandrous — meandering; winding; rambling.
  • menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
  • mesopause — the boundary or transition zone between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. Compare mesosphere (def 1).
  • micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
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