8-letter words containing d, r, y, l
- diversly — (archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
- doctorly — having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor
- dorsally — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- draftily — In a drafty manner.
- dreamily — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- drearily — causing sadness or gloom.
- dressily — in a dressy manner
- drippily — In a drippy way.
- drollery — something whimsically amusing or funny.
- 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 bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
- dry cell — a cell in which the electrolyte exists in the form of a paste, is absorbed in a porous medium, or is otherwise restrained from flowing.
- dry hole — any well drilled for oil or gas that does not yield enough to be commercially profitable.
- dry kiln — an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber.
- dry lake — a tract of land in a desert region over which a shallow lake is formed during the rainy season or after prolonged heavy rains.
- dry land — terra firma, earth
- dry well — a drainage pit lined with loose stonework for the leaching of liquid wastes.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- dry-wall — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- elytroid — like an elytron
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- floridly — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- forcedly — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frigidly — In a frigid manner; coldly.
- 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.
- gliddery — slippery
- gradably — In a gradable manner.
- greedily — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- heraldry — the science of armorial bearings.
- holyrood — the cross on which Jesus died.
- horridly — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- hydrilla — a submerged aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, native to the Old World, that has become a pest weed in U.S. lakes and waterways.
- 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.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- kailyard — a kitchen garden.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kiln-dry — to dry in a kiln.