8-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- believed — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- bellbind — a twining, bindweed-type climber with fleshy roots
- bellbird — any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)
- belonoid — needlelike; styloid.
- bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- biddable — having sufficient value to be bid on, as a hand or suit at bridge
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- big deal — If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- billeted — lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- billowed — a great wave or surge of the sea.
- bindable — capable of being tied by a rope
- birdlife — The birdlife in a place is all the birds that live there.
- birdlike — If someone has a birdlike manner, they move or look like a bird.
- birdlime — a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds
- bleeding — Bleeding is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they feel strongly about something or dislike something.
- blend in — If something blends into the background, it is so similar to the background that it is difficult to see or hear it separately.
- blending — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- blighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- blinders — Blinders are two pieces of leather that are placed at the side of a horse's eyes so that it can only see straight ahead.
- blondine — (of a woman) to dye (one's hair) blonde
- bloodied — stained with or covered in blood
- bluebird — any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- brittled — having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
- buddleia — any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia, esp B. davidii, which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- caudicle — the stalk to which an orchid's pollen masses are attached
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- cd tilde — /C-D til-d*/ To go home. From the Unix C shell and Korn-shell command "cd ~", which takes one to one's "$HOME" directory. "cd" with no arguments does the same thing.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- ceilidhs — Plural form of ceilidh.
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- cheliped — (of an arthropod) either of two legs which each carry a claw
- childbed — the condition of giving birth to a child
- childern — Eye dialect of children.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- children — Children is the plural of child.