8-letter words containing s, t, o, u
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- last out — to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- lockouts — Plural form of lockout.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- lookouts — Plural form of lookout.
- lose out — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- lustrous — having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes.
- lustwort — The sundew.
- mailouts — an act or instance of mailing out a quantity of letters, circulars, or the like; mailing.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- mao suit — an outfit worn in the People's Republic of China consisting of a Mao jacket and loose trousers.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- misdoubt — doubt or suspicion.
- misquote — a quotation that is incorrect.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- miss out — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- mistutor — to teach badly or wrongly
- moistful — loaded with or full of wetness or moisture
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- moondust — The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
- mosquito — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- mounties — Plural form of mountie.
- mousemat — a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- mudstone — a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination.
- mug shot — Also called headshot. an identifying photograph of a suspect or criminal, often one of a set showing a frontal view, a profile view, and a view of the back of the head.
- mugshots — Plural form of mugshot.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- multitos — (operating system) (MTOS) A new version of TOS. MultiTOS's main advantage was support for pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection. It also supported the latest (and far superior) versions of GEM. MultiTOS was supplied with the Falcon030 range of computers from Atari. It is a little known fact that the MultiTOS kernel was based heavily on the freeware OS MinT which was developed long before Atari got MultiTOS working.
- muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- muticous — Botany. having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
- mutinous — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- neutrois — noting or relating to a person of neutral gender who also lacks a specific gender identity.
- neutrons — Plural form of neutron.
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- nonguest — a person who is not a guest, esp referring to a computer or internet site login
- nonsuits — Plural form of nonsuit.
- nose out — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- nuthouse — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.