8-letter words containing e, l, u, s
- insulter — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- isologue — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- issuable — able to be issued or to issue.
- 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.
- jubilees — Plural form of jubilee.
- jugglers — Plural form of juggler.
- juryless — Without a jury.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- knuckles — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- kuleshov — Lev (Vladimirovich) [lef vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian lyef vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /lɛf ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɛf vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1970, Soviet film director.
- lace-ups — Lace-ups are shoes which are fastened with laces.
- lacquers — Plural form of lacquer.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- larousse — Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- laughers — Plural form of laugher.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lausanne — a canton in W Switzerland. 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Capital: Lausanne.
- leaguers — Plural form of leaguer.
- lebesgue — Henri Léon [ahn-ree ley-awn] /ɑ̃ˈri leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1875–1941, French mathematician.
- lectures — Plural form of lecture.
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- leesburg — a city in central Florida.
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- leisures — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- lekythus — lekythos.
- lemessus — ancient name of Limassol.
- lettuces — Plural form of lettuce.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- leucosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- leukosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- leuricus — Leofric.
- levesque — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1922–1987, Canadian political leader: premier of Quebec 1976–85.
- levulose — fructose.
- li hsueh — School of Law.
- libelous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- liberius — died a.d. 366, pope 352–366.
- 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.
- lose out — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- loudness — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.