8-letter words containing a, d, e, r, i
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- siderate — to strike violently
- sidereal — determined by or from the stars: sidereal time.
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- solidare — an old coin
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- striated — striated.
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- teratoid — resembling a monster.
- tetracid — a base or alcohol containing four hydroxyl groups.
- tetradic — relating to something that has a group of four
- thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
- tidemark — the point that something or someone has reached, receded below, or risen above: He has reached the tidemark of his prosperity.
- timecard — a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
- trade in — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade-in — goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase: We used our old car as a trade-in for the new one.
- tripedal — having three feet.
- unpaired — not matched
- unraised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- unrepaid — not repaid
- unvaried — characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified: varied backgrounds.
- upraised — If your hand or an object is upraised, you are holding it up in the air.
- verdandi — any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past (Urd) the goddess of the present (Verdandi) and the goddess of the future (Skuld)
- veridian — a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium.
- vineyard — a plantation of grapevines, especially one producing grapes for winemaking.
- visegrad — a town in N Hungary, NW of Budapest on the Danube: site of summit in 1991 of the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- wiredraw — to draw (metal) out into wire, especially by pulling forcibly through a series of holes of gradually decreasing diameter in a succession of dies.
- ycarried — Past participle of carry.
- yeartide — A specific time of year; season.
- zemindar — (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.