6-letter words containing l, u, s
- mullas — (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
- mullis — Kary Banks [kair-ee,, kar-ee] /ˈkɛər i,, ˈkær i/ (Show IPA), born 1944, U.S. biochemist: Nobel prize 1993.
- murals — Plural form of mural.
- muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- muscly — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- musial — Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- muslim — of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
- muslin — a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- musrol — the noseband of a horse's bridle
- mussel — any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- nablus — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- nisgul — the smallest and weakest bird in a brood of chickens
- nursle — (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
- nustle — (obsolete) To fondle; to cherish.
- obelus — a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- obolus — a modern Greek unit of weight equal to 0.1 gram.
- oculus — an eye.
- ophuls — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), (Max Oppenheimer) 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.
- opulus — the guelder rose
- oscula — a small mouthlike aperture, as of a sponge.
- oscule — Obsolete form of osculum.
- palpus — an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- peplus — peplos.
- pholus — a large astronomical object, some 2000 km in diameter, discovered in 1991. Its elliptical orbit around the earth, between the orbits of Neptune and Saturn, has a period of 93 years. It has been classified as an asteroid although it lies outside the main asteroid belt
- pileus — Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- pilous — pilose.
- plexus — a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- pluses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- plushy — of, relating to, or resembling plush.
- plutus — the Greek god of wealth
- pullus — a young bird; a chick.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pulser — a machine that produces pulses
- pussel — a maid; a girl
- quails — Plural form of quail.
- qualms — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- quells — Plural form of quell.
- quills — Plural form of quill.
- quilts — Plural form of quilt.
- result — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- rosula — a rosette
- russel — a type of woollen fabric
- rustle — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- saltus — oscillation (def 5b).
- salugi — a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- saluki — (sometimes lowercase) one of a breed of black and tan, white, gold, or tricolor dogs resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs, and thighs, raised originally in Egypt and southwestern Asia.
- salute — Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- salyut — one of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971.
- samuel — a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.