8-letter words containing a, d, l, i
- dalriada — a former Gaelic kingdom (5th century ad–9th century ad) comprising Argyll, parts of the Inner Hebrides, and parts of modern Antrim
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- dancical — a type of dance show in which choreographed performers dance to pop songs
- dandling — Present participle of dandle.
- dangling — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- danielle — a feminine name
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- dappling — Present participle of dapple.
- daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darkling — in the dark or night
- darlings — Plural form of darling.
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- dawdling — proceeding at a slow pace
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- day girl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- day lily — any widely cultivated Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Hemerocallis, having large yellow, orange, or red lily-like flowers, which typically last for only one day and are immediately succeeded by others
- dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- dazzling — Something that is dazzling is very impressive or beautiful.
- deadlier — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
- deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- decaling — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- dedalian — relating to Daedalus
- defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- defilade — protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- deligate — (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- deniable — able to be denied; questionable
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.