7-letter words containing a, d, l, i
- ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- irideal — iridaceous
- iridial — iridal
- islands — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- isolead — a curved line on a ballistic graph that is used to calculate the trajectory required in order to hit a moving target
- kaylied — intoxicated; drunk
- kildare — a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 654 sq. mi. (1695 sq. km). County seat: Naas.
- kilorad — one thousand rads
- kindjal — a double-edged knife of the Caucasus, having a broad blade with edges parallel for most of their length, terminating in a long, sharp point.
- klipdas — a rock hyrax, Procavia capensis
- knaidel — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- labroid — any percoid fish of the family Labridae (wrasses)
- lad lit — fiction about young men and their emotional and personal lives
- laddies — Plural form of laddie.
- laddish — a boy or youth.
- laddism — (British) Laddish beliefs and behaviours.
- ladling — a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- ladyish — Characteristic of a lady.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- ladykin — (often used as a term of endearment) a little lady.
- laid up — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lairdly — belonging or relating to a laird or lairds
- landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), c1325–97, Italian organist and composer.
- languid — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- laniard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- laodice — (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- lardies — Plural form of lardy.
- larding — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- laudian — of or relating to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, especially that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right.
- lauding — to praise; extol.
- lead-in — something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- liaised — to form a liaison.
- lianoid — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- ligands — Plural form of ligand.
- ligated — Simple past tense and past participle of ligate.
- lilypad — Alternative spelling of lily pad.
- limeade — a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- lindane — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- lindsay — Howard, 1889–1968, U.S. playwright, producer, and actor.
- lipread — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lizards — Plural form of lizard.
- lizzard — Obsolete form of lizard.
- loading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- lorinda — a feminine name
- lucinda — a female given name, form of Lucy.
- lygaeid — Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug [lahy-guh s] /ˈlaɪ gəs/ (Show IPA). any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
- madling — A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
- malinda — a female given name.