8-letter words containing o, s, m, l
- limousin — a former province in central France.
- liposome — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- lissomly — Alt form lissomely.
- loamless — not containing loam
- lobbyism — a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
- lobworms — Plural form of lobworm.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- logicism — the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.
- lombroso — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑˌrɛ/ (Show IPA), 1836–1909, Italian physician and criminologist.
- lonesome — depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
- longsome — tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- lorimers — Plural form of lorimer.
- lovesome — inspiring love; lovely; lovable.
- low mass — a Mass that is said, and not sung, by the celebrant, who is assisted by one server, and which has less ceremonial form than a High Mass, using no music or choir.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- lugworms — Plural form of lugworm.
- luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lummoxes — a clumsy, stupid person.
- lysosome — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
- lysozyme — an enzyme that is destructive of bacteria and functions as an antiseptic, found in tears, leukocytes, mucus, egg albumin, and certain plants.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- magalogs — Plural form of magalog.
- maillots — Plural form of maillot.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- mamelons — Plural form of mamelon.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- mashloch — (Scotland, obsolete) A type of low-quality bread made from flour and other grains.
- masoolah — an Indian surfboat with many oars
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- melilots — Plural form of melilot.
- melitose — raffinose.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodies — a female given name.
- melodise — to make melodious.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- merfolks — Plural form of merfolk.
- mesoglea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesolect — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- mesolite — a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milesimo — one thousandth