8-letter words containing d, i, s, a, l
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- disabler — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disables — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disable.
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disannul — to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- disavail — To disadvantage or harm.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- disloyal — false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displant — to dislodge.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- disposal — availability for use
- disraeli — Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ("Dizzy") 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- distrail — dissipation trail.
- disvalue — disesteem; disparagement.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- dorsalis — dorsal1 .
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- 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.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- idealess — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idealise — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- igdrasil — Ygdrasil
- indusial — Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- isenland — (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- islanded — Simple past tense and past participle of island.