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There are 15 words containing ILUS

HILUS	• hilus n. (Anatomy) A hilum. • HILUS n. (Latin) the scar on a seed where it joined its stalk, also HILUM.
PILUS	• pilus n. A hair. • pilus n. (Microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria. • pilus n. (Biochemistry) A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.
POILUS	• poilus n. Plural of poilu. • POILU n. (French slang) an infantry soldier in World War One.
TROILUS	• Troilus prop.n. A male given name. • Troilus prop.n. Troilus, a character associated with the Trojan War. • TROILUS n. a large American butterfly.
NAUTILUS	• nautilus n. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles… • nautilus n. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air. • NAUTILUS n. (Greek) a spiral-shelled mollusk.
STROBILUS	• strobilus n. (Botany) A cone-shaped fruiting body in general. • strobilus n. (Botany) More particularly a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various gymnosperms and… • strobilus n. (Zoology) A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.
TROCHILUS	• trochilus n. (Zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus. • trochilus n. (Architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia. • Trochilus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – small hummingbirds of Jamaica.
TROILUSES	• TROILUS n. a large American butterfly.
NAUTILUSES	• nautiluses n. Plural of nautilus. • NAUTILUS n. (Greek) a spiral-shelled mollusk.
ACIDOPHILUS	• acidophilus n. Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt. • ACIDOPHILUS n. a bacterium used to counter intestinal imbalance and in making yoghurt.
HAEMOPHILUS	• Haemophilus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pasteurellaceae – nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria…
STROBILUSES	• STROBILUS n. (Greek) a scaly spike of female flowers, as in the hop, also STROBIL, STROBILE.
TROCHILUSES	• trochiluses n. Plural of trochilus. • TROCHILUS n. (Greek) an African bird, also TROCHIL.
SEMILUSTROUS	• semilustrous adj. Partly or somewhat lustrous. • SEMILUSTROUS adj. slightly lustrous.
ACIDOPHILUSES	• ACIDOPHILUS n. a bacterium used to counter intestinal imbalance and in making yoghurt.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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