8-letter words containing d, l, s
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bulldust — fine dust
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- candelas — Plural form of candela.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsuled — Enclosed within a capsule.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlsbad — a town in S California.
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- ceilidhs — Plural form of ceilidh.
- chadless — (of a keypunch) not producing chads
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- childish — Childish means relating to or typical of a child.
- chiseled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- cichlids — Plural form of cichlid.
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- closeted — If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them.
- clupeids — Plural form of clupeid.
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- codeless — lacking a code
- codicils — Plural form of codicil.
- codlings — Plural form of codling.
- coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- coldslaw — coleslaw.
- coleseed — the seeds or plants of the cole
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- collides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collide.
- colloids — Plural form of colloid.
- colludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collude.
- coloreds — Plural form of colored.
- condoles — to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died.
- condyles — Plural form of condyle.
- consoled — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- cordless — A cordless telephone or piece of electric equipment is operated by a battery fitted inside it and is not connected to the electricity mains.
- cotswold — a breed of sheep with long wool that originated in the Cotswolds. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in the world