8-letter words containing n, e, d, r, l
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- forelend — to give or grant beforehand
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- gruntled — Pleased, satisfied, and contented.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- inlander — a person living inland.
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- inrolled — Incurved or rolled inwards.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kindlier — Comparative form of kindly.
- 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).
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- langered — (slang, Ireland) extremely drunk.
- largened — Simple past tense and past participle of largen.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- legendre — Adrien Marie [a-dree-an ma-ree] /a driˈɛ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1833, French mathematician.
- legendry — legends collectively.
- linebred — produced by linebreeding.
- 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.
- londoner — a native or inhabitant of London.
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- manderil — A mandrel.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- needlers — Plural form of needler.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- oleander — a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overlend — to lend more money than is economical
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- red line — a point beyond which a person or group is not prepared to negotiate