8-letter words containing t, e, l, d
- lectured — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- ledgment — (architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
- lee tide — a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- 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.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- let down — British. a lease.
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lettered — educated or learned.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- lewdster — a lewd person
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- limiteds — Plural form of limited.
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lintseed — Archaic form of linseed.
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- listened — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- littered — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- lodgment — the act of lodging.
- loft bed — a bed raised, as on supports, high enough overhead to allow the use of the floor area below for various purposes, as for part of a living room
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- luddites — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- lustered — having or finished with a luster.
- maledict — accursed.
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- mattedly — in a matted manner
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- meddleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meddle.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- metalled — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- modelist — a person who makes models, as of airplanes.
- modestly — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- molested — Simple past tense and past participle of molest.
- multiped — having many feet.
- mustelid — any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- occulted — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- old-time — belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player.
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- outdwell — to last longer than
- outfield — Baseball. the part of the field beyond the diamond. the positions played by the right, center, and left fielders. the outfielders considered as a group (contrasted with infield).