8-letter words containing d, t, l, r
- draftily — In a drafty manner.
- draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
- driblets — Plural form of driblet.
- drollest — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- droplets — Plural form of droplet.
- drupelet — a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- filtered — With a filter (e.g., a cigarette).
- foretold — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- gruntled — Pleased, satisfied, and contented.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- lacertid — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- land art — earth art.
- lariated — Simple past tense and past participle of lariat.
- lathered — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- laudator — One who lauds.
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- lectured — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- lettered — educated or learned.
- lewdster — a lewd person
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- littered — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- loadstar — a star that shows the way.
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lt comdr — Lieutenant Commander
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- lustered — having or finished with a luster.
- old fart — fart (def 2).
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- outworld — (in science fiction) an outlying or alien planet.
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- redistil — to distil again, usually to purify further
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.