8-letter words containing a, d, e, r, s
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- maderise — become reddish
- madurese — a member of a people native to the island of Madura and also inhabiting the northeastern coast of Java.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- mars red — a deep red-orange color.
- mastered — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- meanders — Plural form of meander.
- measured — ascertained or apportioned by measure: The race was over the course of a measured mile.
- mermaids — Plural form of mermaid.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- misdread — a fear or dread of evil
- misgrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- misrated — Rated incorrectly.
- misreads — Plural form of misread.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- nearside — (British) the left side of a road vehicle when facing in the same direction as the vehicle.
- nerdgasm — a feeling of intense excitement felt by someone considered to be a nerd, esp. when caused by something relating to his or her leisure interests such as a new piece of technology, computer game, science fiction film, etc.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- paradise — a town in N California.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- radiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of radiate.
- radiuses — a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter.
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- readvise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- red mass — a votive Mass of the Holy Ghost said as a blessing for the legal profession.
- red sage — a showy, rank-smelling shrub, Lantana camara, of tropical America, having yellow flowers that turn orange or red.
- red star — any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.
- redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redshare — any red algae, esp one belonging to the genus Polysiphonia
- redstart — any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.