8-letter words containing g, l, a, d
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gangland — the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- garlands — Plural form of garland.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gavelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gavel.
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- geldable — (obsolete) Liable to the payment of taxes; subject to taxation.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- get laid — have sex
- gildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- gilthead — any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
- gimbaled — Simple past tense and past participle of gimbal.
- glad eye — a friendly or interested glance, especially a flirtatious one.
- gladbeck — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W central Germany.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladdest — Superlative form of glad.
- gladding — Present participle of glad.
- gladiate — having the shape of a sword; sword-shaped.
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glandule — (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.
- glendale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- gottwald — Klement [kle-ment] /ˈklɛ mɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, Czech Communist leader: prime minister 1946–48; president 1948–53.
- grabbled — Simple past tense and past participle of grabble.
- gradable — capable of being graded.
- gradably — In a gradable manner.
- graduall — Obsolete form of gradual.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- grappled — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- grillade — a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.