5-letter words containing l, o, s
- shoal — any large number of persons or things.
- shola — a high-altitude evergreen forest in southern India
- shorl — the black variety of tourmaline
- silko — Leslie Marmon [mahr-muh n] /ˈmɑr mən/ (Show IPA), born 1948, U.S. poet, novelist, and short-story writer.
- skoal — a toast.
- sligo — a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- sloan — John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- sloid — a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- slojd — a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- sloka — a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.
- sloke — algae or seaweed.
- sloom — a sleepy state or slumber
- sloop — a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- sloot — a ditch for irrigation or drainage
- slope — to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- slops — to spill or splash (liquid).
- slopy — sloping; slanting
- slorm — to wipe carelessly
- slosh — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- sloth — habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- slow- — slow- is used to form words which describe something that happens slowly.
- sloyd — a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- smolt — a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- snool — to dominate or bully (someone)
- socle — a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- soily — relating to or characteristic of soil
- sokol — a Slav gymnastic society aiming to promote physical fitness and a communal spirit, originating in Prague in 1862
- solan — a gannet.
- solar — of or relating to the sun: solar phenomena.
- solde — wages
- soldo — a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
- soled — the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- solei — a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- soler — Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- soles — a fluid colloidal solution.
- solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- solon — c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- solti — Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solum — the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- solus — (referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- solve — to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain: to solve the mystery of the missing books.
- sonal — pertaining to sound; sonic.
- sonly — like a son
- soral — relating to the sori of ferns
- sorel — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sotol — any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- soult — Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- soyle — prey
- splog — spam that takes the form of a blog
- spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.