9-letter words containing l, u, i, s
- nebulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nebulize.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nonvisual — Not visual.
- noxiously — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
- nullifies — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- nullities — Plural form of nullity.
- nurselike — resembling or having the characteristics of a nurse
- nurseling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- nurslings — Plural form of nursling.
- oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obviously — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occlusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- occultist — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- odalisque — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- ossiculum — (anatomy) An ossicle.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outsailed — Simple past tense and past participle of outsail.
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pediculus — a louse
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- philippus — a gold coin of ancient Greece, originally issued by Philip II of Macedon.
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- pilsudski — Józef [yoo-zef] /ˈyu zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1867–1935, Polish marshal and statesman: president 1918–22; premier 1926–28, 1930.
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plausibly — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- plus-size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.