8-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- fatheads — Plural form of fathead.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- feedbags — Plural form of feedbag.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- flaxseed — the seed of flax, yielding linseed oil; linseed.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gambades — Plural form of gambade.
- gapeseed — a daydream or reverie.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasified — Simple past tense and past participle of gasify.
- gassendi — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- gestated — Simple past tense and past participle of gestate.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladdest — Superlative form of glad.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- goadster — a goadsman
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- graduses — Plural form of gradus.
- grandees — Plural form of grandee.
- grandest — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grenades — Plural form of grenade.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- had best — should, would be wise to
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- handiest — superlative form of handy: most handy.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- handsets — Plural form of handset.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.
- handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- harassed — stressed, tormented
- hard-set — firmly or rigidly set; fixed: a hard-set smile.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardness — the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.