9-letter words containing o, u, s, e, l
- inclosure — enclosure.
- insoluble — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- involutes — Plural form of involute.
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jalousies — Plural form of jalousie.
- jealously — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jelutongs — Plural form of jelutong.
- joe louis — Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow) 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- l-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- leavenous — containing leaven
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- libellous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lilaceous — of or approaching the color lilac.
- limaceous — Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae).
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- limousine — any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- lionesque — a man of great strength, courage, etc.
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- longevous — long-lived; living to a great age.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.
- lousiness — infested with lice.
- lug-soled — (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.
- luteolous — fairly or somewhat luteous
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- malleolus — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mausoleal — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- mausolean — Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum.
- mausoleum — a stately and magnificent tomb.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- modulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of modulate.