5-letter words containing u, l, o
- lours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lour.
- loury — lowery.
- louse — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lousy — infested with lice.
- louth — a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- louts — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- louys — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1870–1925, French poet and novelist.
- lungo — An espresso drink made with more hot water than normal.
- luso- — indicating Portugal or Portuguese
- luton — a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- luxor — a town in S (Upper) Egypt, on the Nile: ruins of ancient Thebes.
- luzon — the chief island of the Philippines, in the N part of the group. 40,420 sq. mi. (104,688 sq. km). Capital: Manila.
- mogul — any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
- mosul — a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- mould — loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- moule — a mussel, esp. an edible variety
- moult — (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- nould — would not
- nullo — (in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- oculi — an eye.
- oleum — Pharmacology. oil.
- orful — Eye dialect of awful.
- orgul — (obsolete) Pride.
- ousel — dipper (def 4).
- ouzel — dipper (def 4).
- ovule — Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- plouk — a pimple
- pluot — plumcot.
- pluto — Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- poilu — a French common soldier.
- poule — a chicken suitable for slow stewing; a stewing-hen
- poulp — a cephalopod such as an octopus, cuttlefish or squid
- poult — a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- pulmo — a lung
- quoll — A catlike, carnivorous marsupial with short legs and a white -spotted coat, native to the forests of Australia and New Guinea.
- seoul — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- solum — the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- solus — (referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- soult — Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- sulfo — containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- ulno- — the ulna and
- uncol — UNiversal Computer Oriented Language. A universal intermediate language, discussed but never implemented.
- upolu — an island in Western Samoa, in the S Pacific: the home of Robert Louis Stevenson for the last five years of his life. 430 sq. mi. (1113 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- vogul — Mansi.
- voulu — feigned or calculated; deliberate
- vulgo — in a common manner
- woful — full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- would — a simple past tense and past participle of will1 .