8-letter words containing n, o, s, u
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infusion — the act or process of infusing.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- insulous — Abounding in islands.
- intortus — (of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- journeys — Plural form of journey.
- journies — Plural form of journy.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- just now — a moment ago
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- limousin — a former province in central France.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- longinus — Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- loudness — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lungeous — (of a person) violent; rough.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- missound — to sound or pronounce wrongly
- misunion — A bad or wrong union or alliance.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- monsieur — the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- moondust — The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
- mouflons — Plural form of mouflon.
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mourners — Plural form of mourner.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mousings — Plural form of mousing.
- mu meson — (no longer in technical use) muon.
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- mudstone — a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination.
- muishond — A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.