8-letter words containing a, d, l
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- foldable — to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself.
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- foldboat — faltboat.
- folderal — Alternative spelling of folderol.
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- foliated — covered with or having leaves.
- folkland — a former type of land tenure
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- foredeal — An advantage; benefit; profit.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- fraudful — Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; fraudulent.
- frazzled — worn-out; fatigued: a party that left us frazzled.
- freeload — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gala day — a day of sports, entertainment, etc, often organized in order to raise money for a charity, cause, school, etc
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gangland — the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- garlands — Plural form of garland.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gavelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gavel.
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- geldable — (obsolete) Liable to the payment of taxes; subject to taxation.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- get laid — have sex
- gildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- gilthead — any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
- gimbaled — Simple past tense and past participle of gimbal.
- glad eye — a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.
- gladbeck — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W central Germany.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.