8-letter words containing a, d, s, o, r
- miradors — Plural form of mirador.
- monardas — Plural form of monarda.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- odorants — Plural form of odorant.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- ostracod — seed shrimp.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- rosemead — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- 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.
- sarandon — Susan Abigail. born 1946, US film actress: her films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1996), and Moonlight Mile (2002)
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- scordato — out of tune
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- sea lord — (in Britain) either of the two serving naval officers (First and Second Sea Lords) who sit on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed