8-letter words containing e, l, d, o
- noveldom — the realm of fiction; novels collectively
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- obelised — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- obelized — Simple past tense and past participle of obelize.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- obliqued — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- occluded — Simple past tense and past participle of occlude.
- occluder — (medicine) an implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
- occludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occlude.
- occulted — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- odorless — the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell: to have an unpleasant odor.
- oeillade — an amorous glance; ogle.
- oilfield — an area in which there are large deposits of oil.
- oilfired — (of central heating) using oil as fuel
- oilseeds — Plural form of oilseed.
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- old rose — rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.
- old shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- old-line — following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- old-shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old-time — belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player.
- oldening — Present participle of olden.
- oldfield — Berna Eli [bur-nuh] /ˈbɜr nə/ (Show IPA), ("Barney") 1878–1946, U.S. racing-car driver.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- oleander — a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- on-glide — a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound. Compare off-glide (def 1).
- opalized — made into an opal
- orielled — having an oriel window
- outdwell — to last longer than
- outfield — Baseball. the part of the field beyond the diamond. the positions played by the right, center, and left fielders. the outfielders considered as a group (contrasted with infield).
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- outlined — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outlived — Simple past tense and past participle of outlive.
- outslide — (poetic) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
- outyield — (of a crop, country, etc) to yield more than
- overbold — Excessively bold.
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overcold — too cold
- overfold — a fold in which one or both limbs have been inclined more than 90° from their original orientation
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overglad — too glad
- overhold — to value too highly
- overidle — too idle
- overlade — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.