8-letter words containing l, a, s, d
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- du sable — Jean Baptiste Pointe [zhahn ba-teest pwant] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.
- dual-use — dual-purpose; specif., designating or of machinery, technology, etc. having both civilian and military applications
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dullards — Plural form of dullard.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- dustball — A ball of dust.
- 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.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- earldoms — Plural form of earldom.
- eastland — James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- emendals — funds put aside for repairs
- emeralds — A bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enslaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enslave.
- escalade — The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.
- fadeless — not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- flagstad — Kirsten Marie [kur-stuh n muh-ree;; Norwegian khish-tuh n mah-ree-uh,, khir-stuh n] /ˈkɜr stən məˈri;; Norwegian ˈxɪʃ tən mɑˈri ə,, ˈxɪr stən/ (Show IPA), 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- flaxseed — the seed of flax, yielding linseed oil; linseed.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gadwalls — Plural form of gadwall.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- garlands — Plural form of garland.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladdest — Superlative form of glad.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- halmstad — a seaport in SW Sweden.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.