8-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- chiseled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- ciliated — possessing or relating to cilia
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- cleidoic — isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- clip-fed — (of an automatic firearm) loaded from a cartridge clip
- cliveden — a mansion in Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames near Maidenhead: formerly the home of Nancy Astor and the scene of gatherings of politicians and others (known as the Cliveden Set); now a hotel
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clupeids — Plural form of clupeid.
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- colletid — (zoology) Any member of the Colletidae.
- collided — to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
- collider — a particle accelerator in which beams of particles are made to collide
- collides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collide.
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- compiled — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- complied — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
- coolidge — (John) Calvin. 1872–1933, 30th president of the US (1923–29)
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cordlike — a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- coverlid — coverlet
- credible — Credible means able to be trusted or believed.
- credibly — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- crinkled — marked with crenellations
- crippled — physically incapacitated
- cuddlier — suitable for or inviting cuddling: a cuddly teddy bear.
- cyclized — to cause cyclization.
- cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
- daedalic — an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
- daedalid — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Attica from the middle to the end of the 7th century b.c., characterized chiefly by the use of the black-figure style in painting and a narrative treatment of subject matter.
- daladier — Édouard (edwar). 1884–1970, French radical socialist statesman; premier of France (1933; 1934; 1938–40) and signatory of the Munich Pact (1938)
- daliance — Obsolete spelling of dalliance.
- danielle — a feminine name
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
- de mille — Cecil B(lount). 1881–1959, US film producer and director
- de stijl — a group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, including Mondrian and van Doesburg, devoted to neoplasticism and then dada
- deadlier — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
- deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.