8-letter words containing a, l, d, r
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- 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.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- grabbled — Simple past tense and past participle of grabble.
- gradable — capable of being graded.
- gradably — In a gradable manner.
- graduall — Obsolete form of gradual.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- grappled — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- grillade — a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- grønland — Greenland
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- halliard — any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handrail — a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- harald i — called Harald Fairhair. ?850–933, first king of Norway: his rule caused emigration to the British Isles
- harald v — born 1937, king of Norway since 1991.
- hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- hardwall — a type of gypsum plaster used as a basecoat.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- hellward — towards hell
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heralded — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- heraldry — the science of armorial bearings.
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.