8-letter words containing a, d, l, e, s
- salified — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- sand eel — sand lance.
- sandable — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sandaled — a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sandless — having no sand
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sardelle — a small fish, Clupea or Sardinella aurita, similar to the sardine
- sawblade — the blade of a saw
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- sea lord — (in Britain) either of the two serving naval officers (First and Second Sea Lords) who sit on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- seal dog — an iron hook used for dragging seal carcasses over the ice.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- seladang — the gaur.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- semibald — partly bald
- sendable — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shadwell — Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shedload — a very large amount or number
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- sideload — to transfer software, data, etc., from one local system or device to another, typically from one's computer to a mobile device.
- sidereal — determined by or from the stars: sidereal time.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sidewall — the part of a pneumatic tire between the edge of the tread and the rim of the wheel.
- signaled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- slaphead — a bald person
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- sodalite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- solidare — an old coin
- solidate — a parcel of land whose value is equal to a solidus
- solvated — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- somedeal — somewhat.
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spadille — the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- spaldeen — a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- spendall — a spendthrift
- spraddle — to straddle.