8-letter words containing l, d, r
- brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
- burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
- calandra — A large Eurasian lark with a stout bill and a black patch on each side of the neck.
- caldaria — Plural form of caldarium.
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calendar — A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days.
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- car-load — the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- cardenal — Ernesto (ˈɜːnɛstaʊ). born 1925, Nicaraguan poet, revolutionary, and Roman Catholic priest; an influential figure in the Sandinista movement
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlsbad — a town in S California.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- cartland — Dame Barbara (Hamilton). 1901–2000, British novelist, noted for her prolific output of popular romantic fiction
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cellared — Simple past tense and past participle of cellar.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
- charlady — a charwoman
- childern — Eye dialect of children.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- children — Children is the plural of child.
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chortled — to chuckle gleefully.
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.
- clifford — a masculine name: dim. Cliff
- clochard — a tramp
- clorinda — a female given name.
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clovered — covered with clover
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- coholder — one of two or more people who hold a title, deed, record, etc, at the same time
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- coldwork — The elimination of flaws and rough or sharp areas on the surface of blown or cast glass objects; usually achieved by some combination of grinding and polishing.
- coleader — a fellow leader
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- collared — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- collider — a particle accelerator in which beams of particles are made to collide
- colluder — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- colorado — a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles)
- coloreds — Plural form of colored.
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- condoler — A person who condoles.