9-letter words containing i, l, u, s, o
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jalousies — Plural form of jalousie.
- joe louis — Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow) 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- 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.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- libellous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- limousine — any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- lionesque — a man of great strength, courage, etc.
- liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- litigious — of or relating to litigation.
- locutions — Plural form of locution.
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- long suit — Cards. the suit in which the most cards are held in a hand. (in bridge) a suit in which four or more cards are held in a hand.
- louis vii — ("the Young") 1121?–80, king of France 1137–80 (son of Louis VI).
- louis xii — ("the Father of the People") 1462–1515, king of France 1498–1515.
- louis xiv — ("the Great"; "the Sun King") 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII).
- louis xvi — 1754–93, king of France 1774–92 (grandson of Louis XV and husband of Marie Antoinette).
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- 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.
- lousiness — infested with lice.
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- ludicrous — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lunations — Plural form of lunation.
- lunisolar — pertaining to or based upon the relations or joint action of the moon and the sun.
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- lustrious — Fantastic; amazing; splendid.
- luxurious — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- 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.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- miscolour — (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- mouldiest — Superlative form of mouldy.
- mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
- mouselike — any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- mousetail — (botany) Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
- mulierose — (obsolete) Fond of women.
- multidose — (pharmacy) Containing multiple doses.