8-letter words containing g, l, i, d
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- duckling — a young duck.
- duelling — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dukeling — an inferior or minor duke
- dumpling — a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.
- dunghill — a heap of dung.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- edgehill — a ridge in S Warwickshire: site of the indecisive first battle between Charles I and the Parliamentarians (1642) in the Civil War
- elegized — Simple past tense and past participle of elegize.
- engirdle — Surround; encircle.
- euglenid — A kind of flagellate distinguished mainly by the presence of a pellicle composed of proteinaceous strips underneath the cell membrane, supported by dorsal and ventral microtubules.
- fiddling — trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum of money.
- fielding — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- finagled — Simple past tense and past participle of finagle.
- fledging — to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
- flighted — the act, manner, or power of flying.
- flooding — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- foldings — Plural form of folding.
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- fondling — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
- frigidly — In a frigid manner; coldly.
- fuddling — Present participle of fuddle.
- fudgicle — An ice-cream (on a stick) flavoured with fudge.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- geldings — Plural form of gelding.
- gelidity — The state or quality of being gelid.
- gempylid — any of several fishes of the family Gempylidae, comprising the snake mackerels.
- get laid — have sex
- giftedly — In a gifted manner.
- 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.
- giltwood — made of wood and gilded
- gimbaled — Simple past tense and past participle of gimbal.
- gimleted — Simple past tense and past participle of gimlet.
- girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- gladding — Present participle of glad.
- gladiate — having the shape of a sword; sword-shaped.
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.