8-letter words containing y, a, l, d
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- pallidly — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- pay deal — a negotiation or agreement concerning pay or salary
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- placidly — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- platypod — Also, platypodous [pluh-tip-uh-duh s] /pləˈtɪp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). having a broad foot, as certain gastropod mollusks.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- play-day — a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- playdown — a play-off.
- playland — an area used for recreation or amusement; playground or amusement park.
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- radially — arranged like radii or rays.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- rancidly — in a rancid manner
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- readably — easy or interesting to read.
- readerly — pertaining to or suitable for a reader
- red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- ribaldry — ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saddlery — saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
- sailyard — a yard for a sail.
- saleyard — an area with pens for holding animals before auction
- sand fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand-fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- statedly — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- steadily — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- syndical — of or relating to a union of persons engaged in a particular trade.
- tabloidy — characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; trashy
- tea lady — a woman employed in a factory, office, etc to make tea during a tea break
- tiltyard — a courtyard or other area for tilting.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- ultradry — capable of keeping something or someone extremely dry
- underlay — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- unplayed — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- validity — the state or quality of being valid: to question the validity of the argument.