10-letter words containing u, l, o, s
- huddleston — (Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.
- hull house — a settlement house in Chicago, Ill., founded in 1889 by Jane Addams.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- ideologues — Plural form of ideologue.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- illuminous — (obsolete) bright; clear.
- illusional — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.
- illusioned — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- illusorily — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustrous — (obsolete, rare) Without lustre.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- impulsions — Plural form of impulsion.
- inclusions — Plural form of inclusion.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- inglorious — shameful; disgraceful: inglorious retreat.
- inoculants — Plural form of inoculant.
- inoculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inoculate.
- inosculate — Join by intertwining or fitting closely together.
- insulation — material used for insulating.
- insulators — Plural form of insulator.
- insulinoma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- involucres — Plural form of involucre.
- irresolute — not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- isoleucine — a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 13 O 2 , occurring in proteins, that is essential to the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: I. Abbreviation: Ile;
- isopluvial — a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall
- jealousies — Plural form of jealousy.
- journalese — a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- just folks — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
- kilojoules — Plural form of kilojoule.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lactosuria — the presence of lactose in the urine
- langoustes — Plural form of langouste.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanuginose — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lanuginous — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.