8-letter words containing l, o, s
- alveolus — any small pit, cavity, or saclike dilation, such as a honeycomb cell
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- aridisol — a soil type common to the world's deserts, poor in organic matter and rich in salts.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- ash flow — an avalanche of volcanic ash.
- ashkelon — Ashqelon
- ashqelon — city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean: nearby is the site of an ancient city-state (often sp. Ashkelon) of the Philistines, 12th cent. b.c. (cf. I Sam. 6:17; Jer. 25:20): pop. 57,000
- asphodel — any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
- assholes — Plural form of asshole.
- assoiled — Simple past tense and past participle of assoil.
- assoluta — absolute; supreme: a prima ballerina assoluta.
- asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- axolotls — Plural form of axolotl.
- axoplasm — the fluid substance found in the axon of a neuron which surrounds the fibrils
- b school — business school.
- b-school — a business school or business college
- baalebos — the master of the house
- backlogs — Plural form of backlog.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- balafons — Plural form of balafon.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balloons — a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
- baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- bedrolls — Plural form of bedroll.
- belostok — a city in E Poland.
- besouled — having a soul
- bestowal — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.