8-letter words containing a, c, r, d
- crashpad — a place to sleep or live temporarily
- cratered — If the surface of something is cratered, it has many craters in it.
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- crawdads — Plural form of crawdad.
- crawford — Joan, real name Lucille le Sueur. 1908–77, US film actress, who portrayed ambitious women in such films as Mildred Pierce (1945)
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- cremated — Simple past tense and past participle of cremate.
- crenated — Crenate.
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- crudware — /kruhd'weir/ Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBSs in the micro-hobbyist world.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- cue card — a card, unseen by the audience, carrying dialogue, lyrics, etc. as an aid to a television performer
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- custardy — resembling custard
- dactylar — of or pertaining to a dactyl
- dad rock — a type of classic rock music that tends to appeal to adults, often played by middle-aged musicians
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- datacard — a credit card-sized electronic device containing an electronic memory, and sometimes an embedded microchip; smart card
- day care — Day care is care that is provided during the day for people who cannot look after themselves, such as small children, old people, or people who are ill. Day care is provided by paid workers.
- day-care — of, relating to, or providing day care: day-care center; day-care program.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- dec wars — A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some years later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3-times-longer complete rewrite called "Unix WARS"; the two are often confused.
- decagram — dekagram
- decanter — A decanter is a glass container that you use for serving wine, sherry, or port.
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- declared — stated openly, officially, or formally
- declarer — a person who declares
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- deracine — uprooted
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- descaler — a thing for removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- detacher — One who or that which detaches.
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.