8-letter words containing a, i, d, e, s
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- eastside — (US) The east side of a district or city.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasified — Simple past tense and past participle of gasify.
- gassendi — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- handiest — superlative form of handy: most handy.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hasidean — Assidean.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- idealess — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idealise — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- inseamed — Simple past tense and past participle of inseam.
- instated — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- isenland — (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- islanded — Simple past tense and past participle of island.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- isolated — compact
- jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
- kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.