8-letter words containing d, a, s
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- loadstar — a star that shows the way.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- lushhead — lush2 (def 1).
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- lysandra — a female given name.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- maderise — become reddish
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- madrasah — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
- madrasas — Plural form of madrasa, an alternative spelling of 'madrassah'.
- madrassa — Alternative spelling of madrasah.
- madurese — a member of a people native to the island of Madura and also inhabiting the northeastern coast of Java.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- mallards — Plural form of mallard.
- mandalas — Plural form of mandala.
- mandamus — a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandays' — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- mansards — Plural form of mansard.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- mars red — a deep red-orange color.
- massaged — Simple past tense and past participle of massage.
- mast bed — a construction in a wooden deck around the opening for a mast.
- mastered — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- masthead — Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- maudslay — Henry, 1771–1831, English mechanical engineer.
- mayweeds — Plural form of mayweed.
- mazdaism — Zoroastrianism.
- mazdoors — Plural form of mazdoor.
- meanders — Plural form of meander.
- measured — ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- medevacs — Plural form of medevac.
- mediates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mediate.