7-letter words containing lus
- ocellus — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- phallus — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
- plusses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- proclus — a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- ramulus — a small branch or branchlet
- recluse — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- regulus — (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a first magnitude star in the constellation Leo.
- rivulus — any of several killifishes of the genus Rivulus, native to small streams of tropical America, often kept in aquariums.
- romulus — the founder of Rome, in 753 b.c., and its first king: a son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, he and his twin brother (Remus) were abandoned as babies, suckled by a she-wolf, and brought up by a shepherd; Remus was finally killed for mocking the fortifications of Rome, which Romulus had just founded.
- sallust — (Caius Sallustius Crispus) 86–34 b.c, Roman historian.
- surplus — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- thallus — a simple vegetative body undifferentiated into true leaves, stem, and root, ranging from an aggregation of filaments to a complex plantlike form.
- titulus — a sign bearing the condemned man's name and crime, attached to the top of the cross at a crucifixion
- torulus — a socket in an insect's head in which its antenna is attached
- troilus — a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- tumulus — Archaeology. an artificial mound, especially over a grave; barrow.
- unflush — to lose the colour caused by flushing
- voluspa — an Icelandic mythological poem