8-letter words containing ld
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- medfield — a city in E Massachusetts.
- merchild — a mythical creature with the upper body of a child and the lower body of a fish
- midfield — the middle area of a sports field, especially the area midway between the two goals.
- mildened — Simple past tense and past participle of milden.
- mildewed — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
- mildness — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- milldams — Plural form of milldam.
- misbuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- misfield — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- moldable — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- moldavia — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- moldered — Simple past tense and past participle of molder.
- moldings — Plural form of molding.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- moulders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moulder.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- ninefold — nine times as great or as much.
- noveldom — the realm of fiction; novels collectively
- nuffield — William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield. 1877–1963, English motorcar manufacturer and philanthropist. He endowed Nuffield College at Oxford (1937) and the Nuffield Foundation (1943), a charitable trust for the furtherance of medicine and education
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- oilfield — an area in which there are large deposits of oil.
- old adam — (in Christian theology) human nature lacking in grace; humans in their unredeemed state.
- old bill — a policeman
- old bird — Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old chum — a person who is experienced, esp in life in colonial Australia
- old days — a past era
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- old fart — fart (def 2).
- old fogy — a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
- old girl — Chiefly British. a former student at a girl's school, especially a preparatory school.
- old goat — an elderly man who is disliked, especially for being mean to or disapproving of younger people.
- old gold — a color ranging in hue from medium yellow to light olive brown.
- old hand — a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.
- old lady — a mother, usually one's own.
- old maid — Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
- old moon — waning moon.
- old nick — the devil; Satan.
- old rose — rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.
- old shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old stoa — the earliest phase of Stoicism, lasting from the latter part of the 4th century to the early part of the 3rd century b.c.
- old talk — (chat) The old implementations of talk. See "ntalk" for details.