8-letter words containing l, d, a
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- hand log — chip log.
- handball — a game, similar to squash, played by two or four persons who strike a small ball against a wall or walls with the hand.
- handbell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- handbill — a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handfull — Archaic form of handful.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handheld — held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- 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
- handload — to load (cartridges or other ammunition) by hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- 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.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- 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
- harald v — born 1937, king of Norway since 1991.
- hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- hardwall — a type of gypsum plaster used as a basecoat.
- 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.
- havdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
- 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.
- head lad — a man who is in charge of a racing stable
- headedly — (in combination) In the specified headed manner.
- headlamp — headlight.
- headland — a promontory extending into a large body of water.
- headless — without a head.
- 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.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.