7-letter words containing d, a, l, n
- iceland — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- incudal — Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
- indexal — of or relating to an index
- inhaled — Simple past tense and past participle of inhale.
- inlayed — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of inlay.
- invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
- ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- islands — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- jangled — Simple past tense and past participle of jangle.
- jutland — a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).
- jylland — Danish name of Jutland.
- kalends — the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- kendall — Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- kindjal — a double-edged knife of the Caucasus, having a broad blade with edges parallel for most of their length, terminating in a long, sharp point.
- klabund — (Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
- knaidel — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- knarled — Alternative form of gnarled.
- kurland — a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.
- laaland — an island in SE Denmark, S of Zealand. 495 sq. mi. (1280 sq. km).
- ladanum — labdanum.
- ladened — burdened; loaded down.
- ladling — a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- ladrone — a thief.
- ladykin — (often used as a term of endearment) a little lady.
- lanated — Alternative form of lanate.
- land on — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- land up — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landaus — Plural form of landau.
- landers — Plural form of lander.
- landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- landini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), c1325–97, Italian organist and composer.
- landler — an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- landman — landsman1 (def 1).
- landsat — a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- landtag — the legislature of certain states in Germany.
- langued — (of an animal in a heraldic coat-of-arms, etc) having a tongue
- languid — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- laniard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- lanyard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- lapland — a region in N Norway, N Sweden, N Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the NW Russian Federation in Europe: inhabited by Lapps.
- larding — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lardner — Ring(gold Wilmer) [ring-gohld wil-mer] /ˈrɪŋˌgoʊld ˈwɪl mər/ (Show IPA), 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.
- lardoon — a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- laudian — of or relating to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, especially that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right.
- lauding — to praise; extol.
- launder — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- laundry — articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- laydown — a hand held by a declarer that is or can be played with all cards exposed because no action by the opponents can prevent the declarer from taking the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead-in — something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.