8-letter words containing a, d, l, e, s
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- lansdale — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leadless — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leadsmen — Plural form of leadsman.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- lushhead — lush2 (def 1).
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- midscale — (business) Neither downscale nor upscale.
- miladies — Plural form of milady.
- misleads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislead.
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- modalise — Alternative spelling of modalize.
- muscadel — muscatel.
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newslady — A newswoman.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- resaddle — to saddle (a horse etc) again
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- sabadell — a city in NE Spain, N of Barcelona.
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saddlery — saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
- salaamed — a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- saleyard — an area with pens for holding animals before auction