8-letter words containing l, e, g, d
- lingered — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- lodgment — the act of lodging.
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- lozenged — decorated with lozenges
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- magdalen — the, Mary Magdalene.
- maligned — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- megadeal — a large business transaction.
- mislodge — to lodge or accommodate wrongly
- modeling — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- needling — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- oldening — Present participle of olden.
- on-glide — a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound. Compare off-glide (def 1).
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overglad — too glad
- pedaling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- peddling — trifling; paltry; piddling.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pig lead — lead molded in pigs.
- pillaged — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pleading — the act of a person who pleads.
- pledging — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- red flag — communist symbol
- red-flag — to mark or draw attention to for a particular purpose: The department has red-flagged the most urgent repair work to be done.
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- reedling — the bearded tit.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- repledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- ruggedly — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- rutledge — Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- seal dog — an iron hook used for dragging seal carcasses over the ice.
- seedling — a plant or tree grown from a seed.
- seladang — the gaur.
- selvedge — the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- sideling — sidelong or sideways; obliquely.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- signaled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- sled dog — a dog trained to pull a sled, usually working in a team.
- sledding — a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sledging — the activity of travelling across snow on a sledge
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- sloughed — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.