8-letter words containing i, l, u, s, o
- 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.
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- jus soli — the principle that the country of citizenship of a child is determined by its country of birth.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- 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.
- 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.
- libelous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- limousin — a former province in central France.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- longinus — Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- louis ii — German Ludwig II. ("the German") a.d. 804?–876, king of Germany 843–876 (son of Louis I).
- louis iv — ("the Bavarian") 1287?–1347, king of Germany (1314–47); emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1328–47.
- louis ix — Saint, 1214?–70, king of France 1226–70.
- louis vi — ("the Fat") 1081–1137, king of France 1108–37.
- louis xi — 1423–83, king of France 1461–83 (son of Charles VII).
- louis xv — 1710–74, king of France 1715–74 (great grandson of Louis XIV).
- luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- luscious — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- missoula — a city in W Montana.
- modiolus — the central, conical axis of the cochlea of the ear.
- mofussil — (India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three w East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas.
- moistful — loaded with or full of wetness or moisture
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- multitos — (operating system) (MTOS) A new version of TOS. MultiTOS's main advantage was support for pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection. It also supported the latest (and far superior) versions of GEM. MultiTOS was supplied with the Falcon030 range of computers from Atari. It is a little known fact that the MultiTOS kernel was based heavily on the freeware OS MinT which was developed long before Atari got MultiTOS working.
- noiseful — characterized by loud noise; noisy
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- obliques — Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- odiously — deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- 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.
- outslick — to outsmart
- outslide — (poetic) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
- outsmile — to outdo in smiling or overcome by smiling
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- pluvious — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.