8-letter words ending in LUS
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16 words found
8-letter words 16
- calculusa hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
- stimulusany stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- nautilusa submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
- bacillusaerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
- tantalus(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
- volvulusabnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction
- alveolusa tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
- lapillus
- apiculus
- dactylus
- entelluslangur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India
- modiolusthe central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
- nucelluscentral part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac
- overplusextreme excess
- sacculusa small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- vitellusnutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)