8-letter words containing e, l, u, s, i
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- liquesce — to become liquid
- liqueurs — Plural form of liqueur.
- lucifers — Plural form of lucifer.
- luckiest — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- luddites — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- luisetti — Angelo ("Hank") 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lustiest — Superlative form of lusty.
- lutefisk — dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking.
- lutenist — a person who plays the lute.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- luxuries — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- misruled — Simple past tense and past participle of misrule.
- misruler — One who rules badly.
- misrules — Plural form of misrule.
- misvalue — (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
- mudslide — mudflow.
- multiuse — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- muslined — draped or covered with muslin
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- mustelid — any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- nebulise — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- noiseful — characterized by loud noise; noisy
- nuclides — Plural form of nuclide.
- obliques — Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
- outflies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfly.
- outliers — something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands: The small factory was an outlier, and unproductive, so the corporation sold it off to private owners who were able to make it profitable.
- outlines — Plural form of outline.
- outlives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive.
- outslide — (poetic) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
- outsmile — to outdo in smiling or overcome by smiling
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
- plausive — applauding.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- quibbles — Plural form of quibble.
- quillets — a subtlety or quibble.
- quilters — Plural form of quilter.
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.