8-letter words containing l, a, i, d
- drearily — causing sadness or gloom.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drucilla — a female given name.
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- ducktail — DA.
- dulciana — an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- duncical — relating to a dunce or being stupid or simple-minded
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- evadible — That can be evaded.
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- fiducial — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filariid — of or relating to filariae.
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filiated — Simple past tense and past participle of filiate.
- filmcard — microfiche.
- filmland — filmdom.
- finagled — Simple past tense and past participle of finagle.
- findable — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- foliated — covered with or having leaves.
- 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.
- 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.
- gladding — Present participle of glad.