8-letter words containing s, i, l, u
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluiness — Alt form glueyness.
- glumpish — glum
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- guilders — Plural form of guilder.
- guilties — Plural form of guilty.
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- heiltsuk — a member of a coastal Native Canadian people living in British Columbia
- hevelius — Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- illusive — illusory.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustre — (obsolete) illustrious.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- impulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of impulse.
- impulses — Plural form of impulse.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- includes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of include.
- indulges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indulge.
- indusial — Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- influxes — Plural form of influx.
- insculpt — engraved
- insulant — an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- insulous — Abounding in islands.
- insulted — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- insulter — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- ipsambul — Abu Simbel.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- isologue — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- issuable — able to be issued or to issue.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jalousie — a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- jubilees — Plural form of jubilee.
- julius i — Saint, died a.d. 352, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 337–352.
- junglist — A performer or enthusiast of jungle music.
- jus soli — the principle that the country of citizenship of a child is determined by its country of birth.