8-letter words containing a, d, l
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- 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
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- clochard — a tramp
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- clubland — A city's clubland is the area that contains all the best nightclubs.
- coal hod — a small pail for carrying coal; a coal scuttle.
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- coldslaw — coleslaw.
- coleader — a fellow leader
- collaged — a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- collared — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- collated — to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- colorado — a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles)
- 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.
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- 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.
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- crackled — Simple past tense and past participle of crackle.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- crandall — Prudence, 1803–90, U.S. educator and civil-rights activist.
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- culdesac — Alternative spelling of cul-de-sac.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.