8-letter words containing a, b, d
- readably — easy or interesting to read.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- red bark — a kind of cinchona containing a high proportion of alkaloids
- rehabbed — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- ribaldry — ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
- rideable — capable of being ridden, as a horse.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- rubboard — a board for scrubbing clothes on
- ryebread — any of various breads made entirely or partly from rye flour, often with caraway seeds
- sabadell — a city in NE Spain, N of Barcelona.
- sand bar — a bar of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides or currents.
- sand dab — any of several flatfishes used for food, especially of the genus Citharichthys, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- sandable — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sandbank — a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandburr — a variety of wild grass
- saraband — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- sawblade — the blade of a saw
- scabbard — a sheath for a sword or the like.
- scabland — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- sea bird — a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- semibald — partly bald
- sendable — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shadbush — the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- sideband — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- slobland — an area of muddy or alluvial ground
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- sofa bed — a sofa that can be converted into a bed, either by folding out the seat or by lowering the back to be flush with the seat.
- sofa-bed — a sofa that can be converted into a bed, either by folding out the seat or by lowering the back to be flush with the seat.
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- subacrid — slightly acrid
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- superbad — exceptionally bad
- surbased — having a surbase.
- svalbard — Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.