8-letter words containing d, o, y, l
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- dry hole — any well drilled for oil or gas that does not yield enough to be commercially profitable.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- employed — Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
- euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- floridly — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- forcedly — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- hodology — The study of pathways.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- holy day — a consecrated day or religious festival, especially one other than Sunday.
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- holyrood — the cross on which Jesus died.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- horridly — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hydromel — a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.
- hydrosol — a colloidal suspension in water.
- hydroxyl — containing the hydroxyl group.
- icy cold — very cold
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- ideology — the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- imployed — Simple past tense and past participle of imploy.
- jocundly — In a jocund manner.
- kidology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- kiyoodle — a worthless dog; mongrel.
- klondyke — Alt form klondike.
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.
- ladyhood — The quality or state of being a lady or ladylike.
- ladylove — a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lygodium — (botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lynnwood — a city in NW Washington.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.