8-letter words containing a, d, e, n, s
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- baseband — a transmission technique using a narrow range of frequencies that allows only one message to be telecommunicated at a time
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- bedesman — beadsman
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedstand — a bedside table
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- cadences — Plural form of cadence.
- cadenzas — Plural form of cadenza.
- candelas — Plural form of candela.
- canvased — Simple past tense and past participle of canvas.
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- daimones — disembodied souls
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- dalesman — a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England
- dalesmen — Plural form of dalesman.
- damasken — Alternative form of damascene.
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- danaides — the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- danseuse — a female ballet dancer
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- deadness — The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
- deadpans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadpan.
- deafness — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- dearness — beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.