9-letter words containing u, l, o, s
- outlasted — to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outlustre — (poetic, transitive) To surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.
- outmuscle — to get the better of or dominate by virtue of superior strength or force.
- outsailed — Simple past tense and past participle of outsail.
- outsleeps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsleep.
- outvalues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvalue.
- overflush — too flush
- overlusty — too lusty
- palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- playhouse — a theater.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumulose — shaped like a downy feather or plumule.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- pompously — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusory — introductory.
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- prolapsus — prolapse.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- prolusory — serving for prolusion.
- propulsor — something that provides propulsion; a propeller
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- push poll — a seemingly unbiased telephone survey that is actually conducted by supporters of a particular candidate and disseminates negative information about an opponent.
- pustulous — pustular.
- querulous — full of complaints; complaining.
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.