9-letter words containing i, l, u, s, o
- mussolini — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Italian be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Italian bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), (I"Il Duce") 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- noxiously — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
- oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obviously — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occlusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- occultist — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- odalisque — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- ossiculum — (anatomy) An ossicle.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outsailed — Simple past tense and past participle of outsail.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- salacious — lustful or lecherous.
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
- seriously — in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- siliceous — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
- silicious — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
- siliquose — bearing siliques.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- solacious — providing solace
- solifugid — sun spider.
- soliloquy — an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.”.