8-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- ardently — having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- arteveld — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1345, Flemish statesman.
- 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.
- asserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- at grade — on the same level
- attender — The attenders at a particular place or event are the people who go there.
- attrited — worn down by friction or attrition
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- bad trip — a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain.
- bad trot — a period of ill fortune
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
- bartered — to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
- bastards — Plural form of bastard.
- bastardy — the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- battered — Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- bertrand — a masculine name
- betrayed — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- birdbath — a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
- birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- breasted — having a breast.
- breathed — relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate
- 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
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- card-cut — having a fretwork pattern in low relief: card-cut woodwork.
- carditic — relating to carditis
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carpeted — Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
- cartland — Dame Barbara (Hamilton). 1901–2000, British novelist, noted for her prolific output of popular romantic fiction
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold