8-letter words containing s, i, r, l, o
- glorioso — (obsolete) A boaster.
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glossier — Comparative form of glossy.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- idoliser — (UK) alternative spelling of idolizer.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- incloser — Archaic form of encloser.
- inscroll — enscroll.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- iso-reel — the exposed film of one or more isolated cameras that is ready for editing.
- isolator — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laborist — A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- literose — affectedly literary
- lordosis — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- lorimers — Plural form of lorimer.
- low-rise — having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- miscolor — to give a wrong color to.
- misenrol — to enrol inaccurately or wrongly
- moralise — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralism — the habit of moralizing.
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nostrils — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- oestriol — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- onliners — Plural form of onliner.
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- orinasal — pronounced with the voice issuing through the mouth and the nose simultaneously, as in the nasalized vowels of French.
- orlistat — A drug designed to treat obesity.
- orseille — orchil.
- outliers — something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands: The small factory was an outlier, and unproductive, so the corporation sold it off to private owners who were able to make it profitable.
- oversail — a projection
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- propolis — a reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of trees, used to stop up crevices in the hives, strengthen the cells, etc.