7-letter words containing a, d
- ashamed — If someone is ashamed, they feel embarrassed or guilty because of something they do or they have done, or because of their appearance.
- ashdown — Paddy, Baron. real name Jeremy John Durham Ashdown. born 1941, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Social and Liberal Democrats) (1988–99); UN high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2002–06)
- ashford — a market town in SE England, in central Kent. Pop: 58 936 (2001)
- ashland — a city in NE Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- ashwood — The wood of the ash tree.
- asides' — on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.
- aspired — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- aspread — in an extended or stretched out manner
- assayed — Simple past tense and past participle of assay.
- assumed — false; fictitious
- assured — Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed.
- asterid — a clade or variety of flowering plant
- astound — If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
- astrand — in a stranded manner or from the point of view of being run aground
- astride — If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it.
- astroid — a hypocycloid having four cusps
- asudden — in an abrupt manner
- asunder — If something tears or is torn asunder, it is violently separated into two or more parts or pieces.
- at hand — If something is at hand, near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time.
- at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- at stud — available for breeding
- at-desk — carried out at a person's desk at his or her place of work
- athodyd — ramjet (engine)
- atreids — a dynasty of rulers of ancient Mycenae, whose members included Atreus
- atridae — a collective name for Agamemnon and Menelaus, the sons of Atreus
- attalid — any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus orEumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282–133 b.c.
- attends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attend.
- attired — If you describe how someone is attired, you are describing how they are dressed.
- attuned — If you are attuned to something, you can understand and appreciate it.
- au fond — fundamentally; essentially
- aubades — Plural form of aubade.
- audible — A sound that is audible is loud enough to be heard.
- audibly — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- audient — a person who hears or listens
- audions — an early type of triode.
- audited — Simple past tense and past participle of audit.
- auditee — a person or organization that is audited
- auditor — An auditor is an accountant who officially examines the accounts of organizations.
- audubon — John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)
- augured — an excessively talkative person.
- aurated — combined with auric acid
- aurides — Plural form of auride.
- autocad — (product, tool) A CAD software package for mechanical engineering, marketed by Autodesk, Inc.
- autopod — Autopodium.
- av node — atrioventricular node.
- avacado — Misspelling of avocado.
- availed — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- avenged — Simple past tense and past participle of avenge.
- averred — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- averted — to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.