8-letter words containing l, o, a, d, s
- isolated — compact
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- laodamas — a son of Eteocles who defended Thebes against the Epigoni, killed Aegialeus, and was killed by Alcmaeon.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- loadstar — a star that shows the way.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- modalise — Alternative spelling of modalize.
- modalism — a Christian doctrine that states that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one being exhibited in three different ways rather than three separate entities
- modalist — an adherent of modalism
- mossland — a land covered in peat
- oddballs — Plural form of oddball.
- offloads — Plural form of offload.
- oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
- oilsands — Plural form of oilsand.
- old days — a past era
- old stoa — the earliest phase of Stoicism, lasting from the latter part of the 4th century to the early part of the 3rd century b.c.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- sal soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- saltando — (of a performance with a stringed instrument) playing each note staccato by bouncing the bow on the strings.
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- sand-lot — a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- sea lord — (in Britain) either of the two serving naval officers (First and Second Sea Lords) who sit on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- seal dog — an iron hook used for dragging seal carcasses over the ice.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shedload — a very large amount or number
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- sideload — to transfer software, data, etc., from one local system or device to another, typically from one's computer to a mobile device.
- sleazoid — a sleazy person