8-letter words containing d, i, l
- lavandin — a hybrid plant with blue or grey flowers, developed by crossing true lavender with spike lavender
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leadline — A leash or strap for leading an animal.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- lee tide — a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- lesioned — an injury; hurt; wound.
- leukemid — any cutaneous lesion that occurs in leukemia.
- liaodong — a peninsula in NE China, extending S into the Yellow Sea.
- libelled — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of libel.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- licenced — license.
- licensed — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-abed — a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- lie-down — a nap.
- liegedom — the state of being a liege
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- like mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- likehood — (obsolete) likelihood.
- lily pad — the large, floating leaf of a water lily.
- limavady — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 33 571 (2003 est). Area: 586 sq km (226 sq miles)
- limbered — Simple past tense and past participle of limber.
- limewood — the wood of a linden.
- liminoid — (anthropology) Having characteristics of a liminal experience, but optional and not involving the resolution of a personal crisis.
- limiteds — Plural form of limited.
- limnaeid — any snail of the family Limnaeidae
- limonoid — Any of a class of phytochemicals, found in citrus fruit and certain other plants, believed to have various therapeutic effects.
- limpidly — In a limpid manner.
- limuloid — of, relating to, or resembling the king crab genus Limulus
- lindwall — Ray(mond Russell). 1921–96, Australian cricketer. A fast bowler, he played for Australia 61 times between 1946 and 1958
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- linebred — produced by linebreeding.
- lineside — Alongside a railway line.
- lingered — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- lintseed — Archaic form of linseed.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- lionised — Simple past tense and past participle of lionise.
- lionized — Simple past tense and past participle of lionize.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.