8-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- retarded — characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
- retardee — a retarded person; retardate.
- retarder — a person or thing that retards.
- rethread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- rfid tag — RFID tags are barcodes that make use of radio waves to send information tracking individual products at every stage, from delivery to stockroom to checkout, in a networked system.
- road tax — In Britain, road tax is a tax paid every year by the owners of every motor vehicle which is being used on the roads.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- sad tree — night jasmine (def 1).
- sand rat — gerbil.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- saturday — the seventh day of the week, following Friday.
- scordato — out of tune
- serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- siderate — to strike violently
- smartdrv — Smartdrive
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- stafford — Jean, 1915–79, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- staggard — a four-year-old male red deer.
- stamford — a city in SW Connecticut.
- standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- stardust — (not in technical use) a mass of distant stars appearing as tiny particles of dust.
- startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- statured — of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
- straddle — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strand88 — A commercial implementation of Strand from Strand Software Technologies Ltd., UK and Strand Software, Beaverton, OR, USA. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- striated — striated.
- stunkard — sulky
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- tabarded — wearing a tabard
- taberdar — a holder of a scholarship at Queen's College, Oxford
- tagboard — a strong cardboard suitable for tags or posters.
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- takoradi — the chief port of Ghana, in the southwest on the Gulf of Guinea: modern harbour opened in 1928. Pop (with Sekondi): 335 000 (2005 est)
- talukdar — a person in charge of a taluk
- tamarind — the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
- tandoori — baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
- tapadera — Southwestern U.S. a hoodlike piece of heavy leather around the front of the stirrup of a stock or range saddle to protect the rider's foot.
- tapadero — tapadera.