8-letter words containing s, l, a, u
- muscadel — muscatel.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- muscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicals — Plural form of musical.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- nautilus — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nutgalls — Plural form of nutgall.
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outfalls — Plural form of outfall.
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outhauls — Plural form of outhaul.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlast.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- paludism — malaria.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- papulose — having papules
- pas seul — a dance performed by one person; dance solo.
- paspalum — any of various grasses of the genus Paspalum of Australia and New Zealand having wide leaves
- pasquale — a male given name.
- pastural — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- paulinus — Saint, died a.d. 644, Roman missionary in England with Augustine: 1st archbishop of York 633–644.
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- petalous — having petals.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plausive — applauding.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.