8-letter words containing i, l, d
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- maledict — accursed.
- maligned — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- mandalic — Of, or pertaining to, a mandala.
- manderil — A mandrel.
- mandible — the bone of the lower jaw.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandrill — a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- medallic — of or relating to medals.
- meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- medellin — a city in W Colombia.
- medfield — a city in E Massachusetts.
- medflies — Plural form of medfly.
- medially — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodies — a female given name.
- melodion — a small reed organ.
- melodise — to make melodious.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- melodize — to make melodious.
- merchild — a mythical creature with the upper body of a child and the lower body of a fish
- mid-list — the part of a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books consisting of titles that are expected to have average sales or success, as compared to the frontlist.
- middle c — the note indicated by the first leger line above the bass staff and the first below the treble staff.
- middling — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- midfield — the middle area of a sports field, especially the area midway between the two goals.
- midlands — a city in W Texas.
- midlevel — At a medium level; neither high nor low in rank.
- midlifer — a middle-aged person
- midlines — Plural form of midline.
- midscale — (business) Neither downscale nor upscale.
- miladies — Plural form of milady.
- mildened — Simple past tense and past participle of milden.
- mildewed — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
- mildness — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- miliband — David (Wright). born 1965, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (2007–10)