8-letter words containing l, s, e, r
- nibblers — Plural form of nibbler.
- normless — a standard, model, or pattern.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- odorless — the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell: to have an unpleasant odor.
- oestriol — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3
- old rose — rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- oleaster — an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- onliners — Plural form of onliner.
- oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
- orseille — orchil.
- outliers — something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands: The small factory was an outlier, and unproductive, so the corporation sold it off to private owners who were able to make it profitable.
- overalls — overalls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
- overlush — excessively lush
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- oversail — a projection
- oversale — the selling of more than is available
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- oversell — to sell more of (a stock, product, etc.) than can be delivered.
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overslow — too slow
- oversold — simple past tense and past participle of oversell.
- oversoul — (especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
- palestra — a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- parables — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parsable — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pearlash — commercial potassium carbonate.
- pearlies — dark clothes adorned with pearl buttons worn by a London costermonger on social occasions
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- peerless — having no equal; matchless; unrivaled.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- perclose — parclose.
- pericles — c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pilsener — a light Bohemian lager beer, traditionally served in a tall, conical, footed glass (Pilsener glass)
- plaister — plaster.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polestar — Polaris.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollster — a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star