8-letter words containing l, a, d, e
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- dedalian — relating to Daedalus
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- deferral — Deferral means the same as deferment.
- defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- defilade — protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
- deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- deglazed — Simple past tense and past participle of deglaze.
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
- delaware — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near the Delaware River
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- delegacy — an elected standing committee at some British universities
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.