7-letter words containing i, s, o, l
- norilsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Asia, near the mouth of the Yenisei River.
- nostril — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- novalis — (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- oaklisp — (language) A portable object-oriented Scheme by K. Lang and Barak Perlmutter of Yale. Oaklisp uses a superset of Scheme syntax. It is based on generic operations rather than functions, and features anonymous classes, multiple inheritance, a strong error system, setters and locators for operations and a facility for dynamic binding. Version 1.2 includes an interface, bytecode compiler, run-time system and documentation.
- obelias — Plural form of obelia.
- obelise — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- obelisk — a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
- obelism — the practice of marking or adding comments on passages in a text
- oblasti — (in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- obliges — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- oculist — ophthalmologist.
- odalisk — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- oilcans — Plural form of oilcan.
- oilfish — a snake mackerel, Ruvettus pretiosus, commonly inhabiting deep, marine waters.
- oiliest — Superlative form of oily.
- oilsand — Alternative spelling of oil sand.
- oilseed — any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- oilskin — a cotton fabric made waterproof by treatment with oil and used for rain gear and fishermen's clothing.
- olefins — Plural form of olefin.
- oligist — (mineralogy) Hematite or specular iron ore.
- olingos — Plural form of olingo.
- ologies — Plural form of ology.
- ologist — an expert or student in an academic branch of learning
- onliest — being the single one or the relatively few of the kind: This is the only pencil I can find.
- oolites — Plural form of oolite.
- oralism — the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- oralist — an advocate of oralism.
- orchils — Plural form of orchil.
- orioles — Plural form of oriole.
- osmanli — an Ottoman.
- ossicle — a small bone.
- ostiole — Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- outsail — to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- philos. — philosopher
- phlomis — a plant that belongs to the genus Phlomis and family Labiatae or Lamiaceae
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- pilotis — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- piously — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plosion — the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def 2).
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polies' — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
- pollist — a person who advocates the use of polls
- poloist — a person who plays or is devoted to polo
- pulsion — the act of driving forward
- rissole — (of foods) browned in deep fat.
- rollins — Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.