7-letter words containing l, u, e, s
- outsell — to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than: He outsells all our other salespeople.
- outsole — the outer sole of a shoe.
- palouse — a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- plumose — having feathers or plumes; feathered.
- plusses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- pluteus — the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- pussley — purslane
- pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
- quarles — Francis, 1592–1644, English poet.
- quilmes — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- recluse — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- recusal — the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- regulus — (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a first magnitude star in the constellation Leo.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- restful — giving or conducive to rest.
- results — good results; success
- roulers — a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
- roussel — Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- rubbles — broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished: Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
- ruggles — Carl, 1876–1971, U.S. composer.
- runless — without having scored a run; without runs: a runless inning.
- russell — Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl, 1872–1970, English philosopher, mathematician, and author: Nobel Prize in literature 1950.
- rustler — a cattle thief.
- saccule — Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Compare utricle (def 3).
- salique — Salic.
- scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
- scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scuddle — to scuttle
- scuffle — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- sculker — one who skulks
- sculled — an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- scumble — to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
- scuttle — Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
- seagull — a gull, especially any of the marine species.
- seal up — make water- or air-tight
- seclude — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- seculum — an age or period of time in astronomy or geology
- sell up — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- sellout — an act or instance of selling out.
- sensual — pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- sequela — an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
- serpula — a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits