8-letter words containing l, o, u
- autology — the study of oneself
- autoloom — (India) A type of power loom.
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
- 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
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- befouled — to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest.
- belabour — If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
- belamour — a beloved person
- beliquor — to cause to be drunk
- belt out — If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
- besouled — having a soul
- bibulous — addicted to alcohol
- bicolour — two-coloured
- bihourly — occurring every two hours
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- block up — If you block something up or if it blocks up, it is blocked completely so that nothing can get through it.
- bloombug — (humour) A bug that accidentally generates money.
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- blousily — in the manner of a blouse
- blousing — a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- blow-gun — a pipe or tube through which darts or other missiles are blown by the breath.
- blow-out — (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
- blown-up — (of a picture, photograph, image, etc.) enlarged.
- blowtube — a tube used for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat
- bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- blue box — a blue plastic container for domestic refuse that is to be collected and recycled
- blue cod — a common marine spiny-finned food fish, Parapercis colias, of the sub-Antarctic waters of New Zealand, esp at the Chatham Islands, which is greenish blue with brown marbling and inhabits rocky bottoms. Its smoked flesh is considered a delicacy
- blue fox — a variety of the arctic fox that has a pale grey winter coat and is bred for its fur
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- bluebook — (in Britain) a government publication bound in a stiff blue paper cover: usually the report of a royal commission or a committee
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluegown — a bedesman of the king or, in Scotland, a licensed beggar, who traditionally wore a blue gown
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- bluewood — a kind of shrub of the buckthorn family, Condalia obovata, found in Texas and northern Mexico
- blush-on — blusher (def 2).
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bouillon — Bouillon is a liquid made by boiling meat and bones or vegetables in water and used to make soups and sauces.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- boulogne — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 45 036 (2006)
- bowl out — In a sport such as cricket, if a team is bowled out, each player in that team has had to stop batting and leave the pitch and there is nobody left to bat.