8-letter words containing l, i, n, d
- enshield — to protect
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.
- entitled — Give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something.
- euglenid — A kind of flagellate distinguished mainly by the presence of a pellicle composed of proteinaceous strips underneath the cell membrane, supported by dorsal and ventral microtubules.
- fedelini — an extremely fine, strand-like pasta, thinner than vermicelli.
- fiddling — trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum of money.
- fielding — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filmland — filmdom.
- finagled — Simple past tense and past participle of finagle.
- findable — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- findless — Without finds; without anything being found.
- fledging — to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
- flinched — to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
- flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- flooding — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- foldings — Plural form of folding.
- fondling — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- fuddling — Present participle of fuddle.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- geldings — Plural form of gelding.
- girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- gladding — Present participle of glad.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- guddling — Present participle of guddle.
- 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.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- 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.
- hiddenly — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- hidlings — in secret, secretly
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hindfell — the mountain on whose fiery top Brynhild slept until awakened by Sigurd.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- huddling — Present participle of huddle.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- ill wind — You can describe an unfortunate event as an ill wind if someone benefits from it. The expression occurs in the proverb 'It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good'.
- illuding — Present participle of illude.