8-letter words containing e, l, d
- lamented — mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lanceted — having lancet-headed openings.
- landable — Capable of being landed.
- landless — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landline — a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- landmine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- 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.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- langered — (slang, Ireland) extremely drunk.
- lansdale — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- laodicea — ancient name of Latakia.
- laomedon — a king of Troy and the father of Priam, for whom the walls of Troy were built by Apollo and Poseidon.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapelled — Having lapels.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lappered — to clabber; curdle.
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- larderer — a person in charge of a larder
- largened — Simple past tense and past participle of largen.
- lariated — Simple past tense and past participle of lariat.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- 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.
- latitude — Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
- latticed — having a lattice or latticework.
- laudable — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- laureled — Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
- lava bed — a large expanse of flat lava flows
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lawndale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- lazy bed — (in parts of Scotland and Ireland, formerly) a patch in which potatoes were cultivated by laying them on the surface and covering them with kelp and with soil from a trench on either side of the bed
- lead off — most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant; lead designer.
- lead-off — leading off or beginning: the lead-off item on the agenda.
- leadable — Capable of being led.
- leadened — inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.
- leadenly — In a leaden manner.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leadless — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
- leadline — A leash or strap for leading an animal.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leadsmen — Plural form of leadsman.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes