6-letter words containing s, l, a, u
- laughs — Plural form of laugh.
- lesula — a species of Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, inhabiting forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- leucas — Levkas.
- leukas — Levkas.
- louisa — a feminine name
- lubras — Plural form of lubra.
- lukacs — George, 1885–1971, Hungarian literary critic.
- lusaka — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 288,130 sq. mi. (746,256 sq. km). Capital: Lusaka.
- lustra — Also, luster; especially British, lustre. a period of five years.
- miauls — Plural form of miaul.
- mulgas — Plural form of mulga.
- mullas — (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
- murals — Plural form of mural.
- musial — Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- nablus — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- oscula — a small mouthlike aperture, as of a sponge.
- palpus — an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- quails — Plural form of quail.
- qualms — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- rosula — a rosette
- saltus — oscillation (def 5b).
- salugi — a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- saluki — (sometimes lowercase) one of a breed of black and tan, white, gold, or tricolor dogs resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs, and thighs, raised originally in Egypt and southwestern Asia.
- salute — Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- salyut — one of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971.
- samuel — a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- sapful — full of sap
- saulie — a hired professional mourner at a funeral
- saurel — any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- saxaul — an Asian shrub with spongy bark and small leaves, Holoxylon Ammodendron
- scutal — of or relating to a scute
- setula — a short, blunt seta.
- sexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- simula — (language) SIMUlation LAnguage. See Lund Simula, SIMULA 67, SIMULA I. See also Association for SIMULA Users, C++SIM, FLEX, MODSIM, SIMSCRIPT. A simula-to-C compiler project is underway. E-mail: Harald Thingelstad <[email protected]>.
- situla — a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- spauld — a shoulder
- squail — to throw sticks (at) or hit with sticks
- squall — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squeal — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- suable — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- suably — in a suable manner
- sulcal — of or pertaining to a sulcus
- sulpha — any of a group of sulphonamides that prevent the growth of bacteria
- sultan — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- tussal — pertaining to tussis.
- unlash — to loosen, unfasten, or detach, as something lashed or tied fast.
- unseal — to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.
- upsala — Uppsala.
- uralsk — a city in W Kazakhstan, on the Ural River.