8-letter words containing d, m, l
- grimhild — (in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- half-mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- halmstad — a seaport in SW Sweden.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- handmill — A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power; a quern.
- headlamp — headlight.
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- helmeted — Having or wearing a helmet, or looking like wearing a helmet.
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.
- hold 'em — a form of poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down and then makes the best five-card hand by combining these with three of five communal cards that are dealt to the center of the table.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- homeland — one's native land.
- hoodlums — Plural form of hoodlum.
- hoteldom — The world or sphere of hotels.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- hydromel — a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- imblazed — Simple past tense and past participle of imblaze.
- imbolden — embolden.
- impelled — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- impledge — to pledge
- imploded — Simple past tense and past participle of implode.
- implodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implode.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- imployed — Simple past tense and past participle of imploy.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- impulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of impulse.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- kalamdan — a Persian pen-box
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- ladypalm — a type of small palm of the genus Rhapis, popularly grown as an indoor plant
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- lamented — mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
- landmass — a part of the continental crust above sea level having a distinct identity, as a continent or large island.
- landmine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- landsmal — Nynorsk.
- landsman — Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- laodamas — a son of Eteocles who defended Thebes against the Epigoni, killed Aegialeus, and was killed by Alcmaeon.
- laodamia — a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.
- laomedon — a king of Troy and the father of Priam, for whom the walls of Troy were built by Apollo and Poseidon.
- laudanum — a tincture of opium.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leadsmen — Plural form of leadsman.