8-letter words containing o, u, l, d
- devolute — (obsolete) To devolve.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- dialogue — Dialogue is communication or discussion between people or groups of people such as governments or political parties.
- 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.
- 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.
- dollfuss — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1892–1934, Austrian statesman: premier 1932–34.
- dolorous — full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- double x — James Emory ("Jimmie"; "Double X"; "The Beast") 1907–67, U.S. baseball player.
- double-o — careful scrutiny or close inspection.
- double-u — the letter w.
- doublers — Plural form of doubler.
- doublets — Plural form of doublet.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubloon — a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- druglord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- drumroll — a roll on a drum.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- duelsome — having a propensity for duelling
- dulbecco — Renato [ruh-nah-toh;; Italian re-nah-taw] /rəˈnɑ toʊ;; Italian rɛˈnɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1914–2012, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- duodenal — of or relating to the duodenum.
- duologue — a conversation between two persons; dialogue.
- dup loop — (messaging) /d[y]oop loop/ (also "dupe loop") [FidoNet] An infinite stream of duplicated, near-identical messages on a FidoNet echo, the only difference being unique or mangled identification information applied by a faulty or incorrectly configured system or network gateway, thus rendering dup killers ineffective. If such a duplicate message eventually reaches a system through which it has already passed (with the original identification information), all systems passed on the way back to that system are said to be involved in a dup loop.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- edulious — (obsolete) edible.
- elkhound — A large hunting dog of a Scandinavian breed with a shaggy gray coat.
- emulsoid — a sol with a liquid disperse phase
- engouled — (of a cross, bend, etc) disappearing into the mouth of an animal
- ensouled — Simple past tense and past participle of ensoul.
- euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- euroland — also Eurozone
- flounced — Simple past tense and past participle of flounce.
- 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.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- fold out — a page larger than the trim size of a magazine or book, folded one or more times so as not to extend beyond the pages; gatefold.
- fold-out — a page larger than the trim size of a magazine or book, folded one or more times so as not to extend beyond the pages; gatefold.
- foldouts — Plural form of foldout.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- fourfold — comprising four parts or members.
- fuel rod — nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor.
- fuelwood — any wood used as a fuel; firewood
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.