8-letter words containing a, d, l, e, s
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- earldoms — Plural form of earldom.
- eastland — James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- emendals — funds put aside for repairs
- emeralds — A bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enslaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enslave.
- escalade — The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.
- fadeless — not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- flaxseed — the seed of flax, yielding linseed oil; linseed.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladdest — Superlative form of glad.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- headless — without a head.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- idealess — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idealise — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- isenland — (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- islanded — Simple past tense and past participle of island.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- isolated — compact
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- landless — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.