8-letter words containing e, l, d
- de stijl — a group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, including Mondrian and van Doesburg, devoted to neoplasticism and then dada
- dead leg — temporary loss of sensation in the leg, caused by a blow to a muscle
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deadfall — a type of trap, used esp for catching large animals, in which a heavy weight falls to crush the prey
- deadlier — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
- deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
- dealbate — having a white exterior or covering
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
- deathful — characterized by or causing death
- debacles — Plural form of debacle.
- debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
- debtless — something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another: a debt of $50.
- decalage — the difference between the angles of incidence of the upper and lower wings of a biplane: A biplane has positive decalage if the angle of incidence of the upper wing is greater than that of the lower wing and negative decalage when the lower wing has the greater angle.
- decaling — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decalled — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- decently — conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decibels — a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- deck lid — the hinged lid forming the upper surface of an automobile deck.
- deck log — a log filled in by the officer of the watch at the end of each watch, giving details of weather, navigation, unusual happenings, etc.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declared — stated openly, officially, or formally
- declarer — a person who declares
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- declawed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaw.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
- decliner — One who declines.
- declines — Plural form of decline.
- declutch — to disengage the clutch of a motor vehicle
- decolour — to deprive of colour, as by bleaching
- decouple — If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended.
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- decupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decuple.
- decuples — Plural form of decuple.
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- dedalian — relating to Daedalus
- deedless — having no exploits or action
- deepfelt — relating to a sincere or profound experience
- deer fly — any of several tabanid flies of the genus Chrysops, the female of which is a vector of tularemia in deer, livestock, and humans.
- deerlike — resembling a deer