8-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- predraft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- qadarite — a member of the Qadariyah.
- quadrant — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
- quadrate — square or rectangular.
- quadrats — Plural form of quadrat.
- rabbeted — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbet.
- rabbited — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbit.
- rabidity — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
- radiants — Plural form of radiant.
- radiated — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- radiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of radiate.
- radiator — a person or thing that radiates.
- radiatus — (of a cloud) having bands that appear to converge toward a point on the horizon.
- radicant — rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- radicate — to (cause to) take root
- radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- raindate — an alternative date proposed in case of rain
- rapidity — a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- ratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- raw data — data
- re-admit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- re-audit — an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- re-tread — to tread or walk over (one's steps) again
- read out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
- read-out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
- readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- red meat — any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).
- red star — any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.
- red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- redacted — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redactor — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redefeat — to defeat again
- redstart — any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- reduzate — a sediment that has not undergone oxidation, as of coal, oil, sulfur, and sulfides.
- redwater — a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma) bovis, which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites
- repeated — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
- retained — to keep possession of.