8-letter words containing d, a, l, t
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- saltando — (of a performance with a stringed instrument) playing each note staccato by bouncing the bow on the strings.
- sand-lot — a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- sodalist — a member of a sodality.
- sodalite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- solidate — a parcel of land whose value is equal to a solidus
- solvated — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- statedly — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- steadily — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- straddle — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- tabloidy — characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; trashy
- tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tailband — a band sewn or glued to the tail of a book. Compare headband (def 3).
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tailskid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
- talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- talmudic — of or relating to the Talmud.
- talukdar — a person in charge of a taluk
- tasseled — a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- tcol.ada — CMU, 1980. An intermediate representation for Ada, was merged with AIDA to form Diana. "TCOL.Ada: Revised Report on an Intermediate Representation for the DOD Standard Programming Language", J.M. Newcomer et al, CMU-CS-79-128 (June 1979).
- tea lady — a woman employed in a factory, office, etc to make tea during a tea break
- tea lead — hard, stiff sheet lead, originally used as a lining for tea chests.
- teasdale — Sara, 1884–1933, U.S. poet.
- thailand — Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Capital: Bangkok.
- thalloid — resembling or consisting of a thallus.
- theobald — Lewis, 1688–1744, English author.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- thraldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- thralled — a person who is in bondage; slave.
- tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- tiltyard — a courtyard or other area for tilting.
- toadflax — a common European plant, Linaria vulgaris, of the figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy yellow-and-orange flowers, naturalized as a weed in the U.S.
- toadless — having no toads
- togoland — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.