8-letter words containing d, o, y, l
- modality — the quality or state of being modal.
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- modestly — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- modishly — In a modish manner.
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- mytiloid — of or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilideae of saltwater mussels
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- odically — In terms of the hypothetical force called od.
- odiously — deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- old days — a past era
- old fogy — a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
- old lady — a mother, usually one's own.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- our lady — a title of the Virgin Mary.
- outyield — (of a crop, country, etc) to yield more than
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllody — the abnormal transformation of a floral structure into a foliage leaf.
- phylloid — leaflike.
- platypod — Also, platypodous [pluh-tip-uh-duh s] /pləˈtɪp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). having a broad foot, as certain gastropod mollusks.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- playdown — a play-off.
- podology — the study of the feet
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypody — any fern of the genus Polypodium, as P. vulgare, having creeping rootstocks, deeply pinnatifid evergreen fronds, and round, naked sori.
- polypoid — resembling a polyp.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- redeploy — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- rootedly — in a rooted manner
- scolytid — any of various dark-coloured cylinder-shaped beetles, including the bark and ambrosia beetles
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- seldomly — rarely; seldom.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- shoddily — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- smouldry — smouldering
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solidify — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.