8-letter words containing d, a, r, n, l
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- doornail — a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- dorkland — an offensive name for Auckland
- dragline — a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- dry land — terra firma, earth
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- encradle — to put in a cradle
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- euroland — also Eurozone
- farmland — land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
- ferndale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- flancard — a piece of armour covering a horse's flank
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- garlands — Plural form of garland.
- 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.
- grønland — Greenland
- 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
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- inlander — a person living inland.
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kirkland — Jack, 1901–69, U.S. writer and playwright.
- 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).
- land art — earth art.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- landgrab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landlord — a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
- landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- landrail — The corncrake, Crex crex.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- landward — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- langered — (slang, Ireland) extremely drunk.
- laniards — Plural form of laniard.
- lanyards — Plural form of lanyard.