8-letter words containing d, i, l
- drilling — a small furrow made in the soil in which to sow seeds.
- dripless — designed so that the substance, item, or its contents will not drip: a dripless candle; a dripless pitcher.
- drippily — In a drippy way.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveled — Simple past tense and past participle of drivel.
- drizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of drizzle.
- drizzles — Plural form of drizzle.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drollish — somewhat droll
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drucilla — a female given name.
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dry kiln — an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber.
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- duckbill — platypus.
- ducklike — Similar to a duck.
- duckling — a young duck.
- ducktail — DA.
- dudishly — In a dudish manner.
- due bill — a brief written acknowledgment of indebtedness, not payable to order.
- duelists — Plural form of duelist.
- duelling — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- duellist — a person who participates in a duel.
- dukeling — an inferior or minor duke
- dulciana — an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- dumpling — a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.
- duncical — relating to a dunce or being stupid or simple-minded
- dunelike — Resembling a dune or some aspect of one.
- dunghill — a heap of dung.
- durukuli — Alternative form of douroucouli.
- dustlike — Resembling dust.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- dutifull — Archaic form of dutiful.
- dutiless — Without duties.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dwindled — Simple past tense and past participle of dwindle.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- dye-line — a contact print of a line drawing, giving brown lines on an off-white background.
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.