8-letter words containing d, m, l
- dalesman — a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England
- dalesmen — Plural form of dalesman.
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops
- damn all — absolutely nothing
- damnable — You use damnable to emphasize that you dislike or disapprove of something a great deal.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- damnfool — (informal) Contemptibly foolish.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- de mille — Cecil B(lount). 1881–1959, US film producer and director
- de palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- delimits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delimit.
- delirium — If someone is suffering from delirium, they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delubrum — a shrine or sanctuary
- demersal — living or occurring on the bottom of a sea or a lake
- demibold — Semibold.
- demilune — an outwork in front of a fort, shaped like a crescent moon
- demissly — in a demiss manner
- demivolt — a half turn on the hind legs
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- demology — the study of human populations, activities, and behaviour
- demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- deplumed — Simple past tense and past participle of deplume.
- dermally — In a dermal way; of or to the skin.
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- devildom — the rule or power of the devil or devils
- devilism — a characteristic of the devil; behaviour proper to the devil
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dilemmic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- diluvium — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- dim bulb — a stupid person; dimwit.
- dimbleby — Richard. 1913–65, British broadcaster
- dimethyl — ethane.
- dimmable — Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
- dimpling — a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dolesome — doleful.
- dollyman — a technician who moves or pushes the camera dolly during or between shots.
- dolmades — Plural form of dolmade.