8-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- breasted — having a breast.
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- cadaster — an official register showing details of ownership, boundaries, and value of real property in a district, made for taxation purposes
- cadastre — public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation
- cadavers — Plural form of cadaver.
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- cardcase — a small case for holding business cards
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- caressed — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- charades — a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- chresard — the amount of water present in the soil that is available to plants
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- corrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrade.
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- dabblers — Plural form of dabbler.
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- damagers — Plural form of damager.
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- dare say — to think likely; suppose
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- darksome — dark or darkish
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- dassehra — an annual Hindu festival celebrated on the 10th lunar day of Navaratri; images of the goddess Durga are immersed in water
- dasyures — Plural form of dasyure.
- dawdlers — Plural form of dawdler.
- dazzlers — Plural form of dazzler.
- deadrise — the angle with the horizontal made by the outboard rise of the bottom of a vessel at the widest frame.
- dearness — beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- debaters — Plural form of debater.
- dec wars — A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some years later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3-times-longer complete rewrite called "Unix WARS"; the two are often confused.
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- defamers — Plural form of defamer.
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- degasser — A degasser is a device which removes gas from drilling mud.
- degrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degrade.
- degrease — to remove grease from
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.