8-letter words that end in l
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- cusk-eel — any of several eellike, marine fishes of the family Ophidiidae, having the ventral fins located under the throat and so modified as to resemble barbels.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- custumal — a customary.
- cut nail — a nail having a tapering rectangular form with a blunt point, made by cutting from a thin rolled sheet of iron or steel.
- cyclical — A cyclical process is one in which a series of events happens again and again in the same order.
- cyclitol — an alicyclic compound
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- daffodil — A daffodil is a yellow spring flower with a central part shaped like a tube and a long stem.
- damn all — absolutely nothing
- damnfool — (informal) Contemptibly foolish.
- dancical — a type of dance show in which choreographed performers dance to pop songs
- day girl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- dayshell — a thistle
- de stijl — a group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, including Mondrian and van Doesburg, devoted to neoplasticism and then dada
- deadfall — a type of trap, used esp for catching large animals, in which a heavy weight falls to crush the prey
- dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
- deathful — characterized by or causing death
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- deferral — Deferral means the same as deferment.
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- demersal — living or occurring on the bottom of a sea or a lake
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- deprenyl — a drug used to treat senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression, by acting as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- detassel — to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- deverbal — (of a noun or adjective) derived from a verb.
- dew cell — an electrical instrument for measuring the dew point.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- diagonal — A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner.
- dianodal — that passes through nodes
- diarchal — Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system.
- didactyl — (esp of many marsupials) having the hind toes separate
- diglycol — diethylene glycol.
- dihedral — having or formed by two planes.
- diluvial — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- dimethyl — ethane.
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.