7-letter words containing l, o, s
- stilton — either of two rich cheeses made from whole milk, blue-veined (blue Stilton) or white (white Stilton), both very strong in flavour
- stoical — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- stokvel — an informal savings pool or syndicate, usually among Black people, in which funds are contributed in rotation, allowing participants lump sums for family needs (esp funerals)
- stollen — a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- stonily — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- stoolie — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- stopple — a stopper, especially for a bottle.
- stoutly — bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses. Synonyms: big, rotund, stocky, portly, fleshy. Antonyms: thin, lean, slender, slim; skinny, scrawny.
- stromal — of or relating to stroma
- styloid — Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
- stylops — any insect of the order Strepsiptera, including the genus Stylops, living as a parasite in other insects, esp bees and wasps: the females remain in the body of the host but the males move between hosts
- subcool — to cool (liquid) to a temperature lower than the temperature it was when it condensed into steam
- subgoal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- suboral — under the mouth
- suboval — not quite oval
- subplot — a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Compare counterplot (def 2).
- subsoil — the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- suffolk — a county in E England. 1470 sq. mi. (3805 sq. km).
- sulfone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the bivalent group –SO 2 –, united with two hydrocarbon groups.
- sun oil — an oil put on your skin to protect it from the sun
- sunglow — a diffused, hazy light seen around the sun, caused by atmospheric dust.
- swallow — to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- swollen — a past participle of swell.
- sylloge — a collection or summary
- symbols — something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
- synodal — an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- synthol — a synthetic motor fuel produced by heating, under pressure, hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst.
- systole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- szolnok — a city in central Hungary, at the confluence of the Tisza and Zagyva rivers.
- talcose — containing or composed largely of talc.
- teleost — belonging or pertaining to the Teleostei, a group of bony fishes including most living species.
- tobolsk — a town in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Irtysh River at its confluence with the Tobol.
- toeless — (usually of animals) not having toes
- tolstoy — Leo or Lev Nikolaevich [lev nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyef nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /lɛv ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian ˈlyɛf nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Count, 1828–1910, Russian novelist and social critic.
- tonsils — a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- toolset — a set of predefined tools (for opening files, cutting and pasting, etc) that is associated with a particular computer application
- topless — lacking a top: a topless bathing suit.
- topples — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
- topsail — a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- topsoil — the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- torulus — a socket in an insect's head in which its antenna is attached
- tossily — in a tossy or scornful manner
- tousled — disordered or disheveled: tousled hair; tousled clothes.
- troilus — a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- tylosin — a broad spectrum antibiotic, used in livestock to fight infections or as an anti-inflammatory
- tylosis — a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- ultisol — a weathered, red and yellow acidic soil of warm, humid areas that is agriculturally productive when treated with lime and organic fertilizers.
- unclose — to open or cause to open
- unkelos — Onkelos.
- unloose — to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).