8-letter words containing l, a, i, d
- gladiate — having the shape of a sword; sword-shaped.
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- grillade — a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- guidable — Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counselled.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- halliard — any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- handbill — a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- handmill — A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power; a quern.
- handrail — a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- harald i — called Harald Fairhair. ?850–933, first king of Norway: his rule caused emigration to the British Isles
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hydrilla — a submerged aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, native to the Old World, that has become a pest weed in U.S. lakes and waterways.