8-letter words containing l, d, r, i
- drizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of drizzle.
- drizzles — Plural form of drizzle.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drollish — somewhat droll
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drucilla — a female given name.
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dry kiln — an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- durukuli — Alternative form of douroucouli.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- engirdle — Surround; encircle.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- erodible — Capable of eroding.
- evildoer — A person who commits profoundly immoral and malevolent deeds.
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fiddlers — Plural form of fiddler.
- fielders — Plural form of fielder.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filariid — of or relating to filariae.
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filmcard — microfiche.
- filtered — With a filter (e.g., a cigarette).
- flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- floridly — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- flurried — marked by confusion or agitation.
- fribbled — Simple past tense and past participle of fribble.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frigidly — In a frigid manner; coldly.
- frizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of frizzle.
- gaillard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- galliard — a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- gliddery — slippery