8-letter words containing e, l, d
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leaf bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- leavened — Simple past tense and past participle of leaven.
- lechered — Simple past tense and past participle of lecher.
- 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.
- ledgment — (architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
- lee tide — a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- leechdom — a remedy
- leewards — towards the lee side
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- legendre — Adrien Marie [a-dree-an ma-ree] /a driˈɛ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1833, French mathematician.
- legendry — legends collectively.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- lemonade — a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- lendable — reserved or at hand for purposes of lending: lendable stock; lendable money.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- 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.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- lesioned — an injury; hurt; wound.
- lessened — to become less.
- lessoned — Simple past tense and past participle of lesson.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lettered — educated or learned.
- leukemid — any cutaneous lesion that occurs in leukemia.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- levelled — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- lewdness — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- lewdster — a lewd person
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- libelled — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of libel.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- licenced — license.
- licensed — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-abed — a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.