8-letter words containing d, a, s
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- jemadars — Plural form of jemadar.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- jihadism — a jihadi.
- jihadist — a jihadi.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- kaapstad — Afrikaans name of Cape Town.
- kalidasa — flourished 5th century a.d, Hindu dramatist and poet.
- karlsbad — German name of Karlovy Vary.
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- kedushah — a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- 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).
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- laggards — Plural form of laggard.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- landings — Plural form of landing.
- landless — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landmass — a part of the continental crust above sea level having a distinct identity, as a continent or large island.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- landskip — landscape.
- landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- landsmal — Nynorsk.
- landsman — Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- laniards — Plural form of laniard.
- lansdale — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- lanyards — Plural form of lanyard.
- laodamas — a son of Eteocles who defended Thebes against the Epigoni, killed Aegialeus, and was killed by Alcmaeon.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lard-ass — a person having unusually large buttocks.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lay days — Commerce. one of a certain number of days allowed by a charter party for loading or unloading a vessel without demurrage.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leadless — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leadsmen — Plural form of leadsman.