8-letter words containing a, d, o, l, e
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- 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.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- hallooed — Simple past tense and past participle of halloo.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- homeland — one's native land.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- isolated — compact
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lacewood — the quartersawed wood of the sycamore tree.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- ladylove — a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- laodicea — ancient name of Latakia.
- laomedon — a king of Troy and the father of Priam, for whom the walls of Troy were built by Apollo and Poseidon.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- lead off — most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant; lead designer.
- lead-off — leading off or beginning: the lead-off item on the agenda.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- lemonade — a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- loadable — Capable of being loaded.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship