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8-letter words containing a, d, i

  • antidune — a sand hill or inclined bedding plane that forms a steep slope against the direction of a fast-flowing current
  • antifood — Opposing food.
  • antinode — a point at which the amplitude of one of the two kinds of displacement in a standing wave has maximum value. Generally the other kind of displacement has its minimum value at this point
  • antipode — the exact or direct opposite
  • antiqued — An antiqued object is modern but has been made to look like an antique.
  • antiskid — designed or constructed to prevent the skidding of a vehicle, especially by reducing hydraulic pressure in the brake system to prevent the brakes from locking.
  • antiweed — opposed to marijuana use
  • aphicide — any substance used to kill aphids
  • apodosis — the consequent of a conditional statement, as the game will be cancelled in if it rains the game will be cancelled
  • appendix — Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system.
  • apprised — appraise.
  • apprized — Simple past tense and past participle of apprize.
  • aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
  • aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
  • aquitard — A semipermeable layer along an aquifer.
  • aquitted — Misspelling of acquitted.
  • arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
  • araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue
  • arcadian — of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
  • arcading — An arrangement of arcades.
  • archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
  • arctiids — Plural form of arctiid.
  • argufied — Simple past tense and past participle of argufy.
  • arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
  • aridisol — a soil type common to the world's deserts, poor in organic matter and rich in salts.
  • aridness — The state or quality of being arid.
  • arillode — a false aril, developing from an opening in the covering of the ovule instead of from its stalk
  • arilloid — relating to or resembling an aril
  • aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
  • armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
  • arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
  • arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
  • articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
  • ascarids — Plural form of ascarid.
  • ascidian — any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
  • ascidium — part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant
  • asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
  • ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
  • asfetida — asafetida.
  • ashmedai — (tool)   A symbolic mathematics package by Michael Levine <[email protected]> that influenced SMP and FORM. There are versions for the Univac 1108 and VAX/VMS.
  • aspidium — a variety of fern that is used in the treatment of various ailments
  • assailed — Simple past tense and past participle of assail.
  • assidean — a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.
  • assigned — Simple past tense and past participle of assign.
  • assisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
  • assoiled — Simple past tense and past participle of assoil.
  • astatide — a binary compound of astatine with a more electropositive element
  • asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  • astonied — stunned; dazed
  • astroids — Plural form of astroid.
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