8-letter words containing a, d, l, i
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- candidal — relating to candida
- candidly — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candling — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- caudicle — the stalk to which an orchid's pollen masses are attached
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- chaldaic — an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chillada — a kind of fried patty
- ciliated — possessing or relating to cilia
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- cladding — Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- conidial — of or like conidia
- conoidal — Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- cycladic — of or relating to the Cyclades or their inhabitants
- dabbling — the fact of being involved in an activity in a frivolous or superficial way
- dactylic — of, relating to, or having a dactyl
- daddling — Present participle of daddle.
- daedalic — an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
- daedalid — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Attica from the middle to the end of the 7th century b.c., characterized chiefly by the use of the black-figure style in painting and a narrative treatment of subject matter.
- daffodil — A daffodil is a yellow spring flower with a central part shaped like a tube and a long stem.
- daggling — Present participle of daggle.
- daintily — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- daladier — Édouard (edwar). 1884–1970, French radical socialist statesman; premier of France (1933; 1934; 1938–40) and signatory of the Munich Pact (1938)
- dalglish — Kenny, born 1951, Scottish footballer: a striker, he played for Celtic (1968–77) and for Liverpool (1977–89): manager of Liverpool (1985–91; 2011–12), of Blackburn Rovers (1991–95), Newcastle United (1997–98), and Celtic (2000): Scotland's most-capped footballer (102 appearances, 1971–86)
- daliance — Obsolete spelling of dalliance.
- dallying — Present participle of dally.
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops