8-letter words containing d, s, i
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- landings — Plural form of landing.
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- landskip — landscape.
- landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- laniards — Plural form of laniard.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- lesioned — an injury; hurt; wound.
- licensed — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- limiteds — Plural form of limited.
- lineside — Alongside a railway line.
- lintseed — Archaic form of linseed.
- lionised — Simple past tense and past participle of lionise.
- liquidus — (on a graph of temperature versus composition) the curve connecting the temperatures at which a liquid solution is in equilibrium with its vapor and with the solid solution.
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- listened — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- lobsided — Archaic form of lopsided.
- lodgings — accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- lordosis — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- luddites — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- maderise — become reddish
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- mazdaism — Zoroastrianism.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- medflies — Plural form of medfly.
- mediates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mediate.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- medusoid — a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodies — a female given name.
- melodise — to make melodious.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- mendings — Plural form of mending.