7-letter words containing d, i, l
- sedilia — one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- seedlip — a basket holding seeds that are to be sown
- shadily — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shields — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shilled — a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- sialoid — resembling saliva
- sideral — attributed to the influence of the stars
- sidling — to move sideways or obliquely.
- silurid — any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.
- sixfold — six times as great or as much.
- skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- sleided — (of threads) separated; frayed
- slidden — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- slidder — a furrow down a hillside
- slidell — a town in SE Louisiana.
- sliding — rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.
- slinked — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- slipped — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slydial — a telephone service that enables the caller to ring a person’s telephone number and leave a voice message on their answering machine but which eliminates the possibility of the caller having to have an unwanted conversation with that person
- snidely — derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks about his boss.
- soldier — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solider — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- solidly — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- solidum — a part of a pedestal
- solidus — a gold coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine and continued in the Byzantine Empire; bezant.
- soliped — solidungulate.
- sondeli — an Indian musk shrew
- speldin — a fish that has been split and dried
- spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- splined — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- spoiled — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- squalid — foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
- stadial — stade.
- staidly — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- stilled — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
- stilted — stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
- styloid — Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
- sulfide — a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.
- sullied — to soil, stain, or tarnish.
- sundial — an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
- swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- sylphid — a little or young sylph.
- szilard — Leo, 1898–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.
- tabloid — a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.
- tailard — something having a tail
- taliped — (of a foot) twisted or distorted out of shape or position.
- tallied — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- tardily — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?