8-letter words containing i, l, d
- lipiodol — A poppyseed oil used by injection as a radiopaque contrast agent.
- lipoidal — resembling fat; fatty
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- liquidly — In a liquid way.
- liquidus — (on a graph of temperature versus composition) the curve connecting the temperatures at which a liquid solution is in equilibrium with its vapor and with the solid solution.
- liquored — Simple past tense and past participle of liquor.
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- listened — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- littered — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- lived-in — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- liveried — clad in livery, as servants: a liveried footman.
- lividity — having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- lobsided — Archaic form of lopsided.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- lodgings — accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
- lodicule — one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- londrina — a city in E Brazil.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- lord jim — a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad.
- lordling — a minor, unimportant, or petty lord.
- lordosis — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- lovebird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- lowrider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- lucidity — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luddites — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lygodium — (botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lyrebird — an Australian passerine bird of the genus Menura, the male of which has a long tail that is lyrate when spread.
- machilid — jumping bristletail.
- madaline — A structure of many ADALINE units.
- madeline — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- maidenly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- mailclad — Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- mainland — the largest of the Shetland Islands. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
- maitland — Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.