8-letter words containing u, l, o, s
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- holdouts — Plural form of holdout.
- hoodlums — Plural form of hoodlum.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hounslow — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- housefly — a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
- houseful — as many as a house will accommodate: a houseful of weekend guests.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- insulous — Abounding in islands.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- isologue — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- jalousie — a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- jealouse — to suspect
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- jonquils — Plural form of jonquil.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- joyously — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- jus soli — the principle that the country of citizenship of a child is determined by its country of birth.
- kuleshov — Lev (Vladimirovich) [lef vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian lyef vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /lɛf ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɛf vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1970, Soviet film director.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- larousse — Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- 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.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- leucosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- leukosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- levulose — fructose.
- libelous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- limousin — a former province in central France.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)