8-letter words containing e, l, u, s, i
- scurrile — scurrilous.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- selenium — a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- seleucid — a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.
- semibull — a bull or official document issued by the pope after his election but before his coronation
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- sibelius — Jean (Julius Christian) [zhahn yoo-lyoo s kris-tyahn] /ʒɑn ˈyu lyʊs ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1865–1957, Finnish composer.
- siffleur — a male professional whistler
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slurried — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smileful — full of smiles
- solitude — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- squailer — a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something
- squiggle — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squilgee — squeegee.
- squirely — belonging or relating to, or appropriate to, a squire or squires
- squirrel — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- suasible — able to be persuaded
- subfield — a field that is a subset of a given field.
- subtitle — a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sulphide — A sulphide is a compound of sulphur with some other chemical elements.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- superlie — to lie above
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- supplied — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- supplier — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- supplies — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- surtitle — supertitle.
- tiselius — Arne [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–71, Swedish biochemist: Nobel prize 1948.
- topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- ugliness — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- uneasily — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- unlisted — not listed; not entered in a list or directory: an unlisted telephone number.
- unsailed — not sailed