8-letter words containing o, l, d
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- diglycol — diethylene glycol.
- dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- diluvion — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- diolefin — diene.
- diploidy — (genetics) The state of being diploid.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- diplopia — a pathological condition of vision in which a single object appears double (opposed to haplopia).
- diplopod — belonging or pertaining to the class Diplopoda.
- diplosis — the doubling of the chromosome number by the union of the haploid sets in the union of gametes.
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disbowel — (rare) To disembowel.
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- dislodge — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disloign — to put at a distance
- disloyal — false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
- disposal — availability for use
- dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- do tell! — is that a fact?
- docilely — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- docility — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctorly — having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor
- dog flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- dog nail — a nail having a head projecting to one side.
- dog sled — a sled (or sledge) drawn by dogs
- dog wolf — a male wolf
- dog-roll — a large sausage-shaped roll of processed meat used for dog food
- doggedly — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
- doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
- dogsleds — Plural form of dogsled.
- dogsleep — a feigned or fitful sleep
- dolcetto — a variety of grape for making wine, chiefly grown in the Piedmont region of Italy
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dole out — distribute
- dolefull — Obsolete spelling of doleful.
- dolerite — a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- dolesome — doleful.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- dollared — having many dollars; wealthy
- dollface — a person having a smooth, unblemished complexion and small, regular features.
- dollfuss — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1892–1934, Austrian statesman: premier 1932–34.