8-letter words containing a, i, d, e
- drippage — a dripping, as of water from a faucet.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drive at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- dubitate — to doubt or be uncertain
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- 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.
- eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- echidnae — Plural form of echidna.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- empaired — Simple past tense and past participle of empair.
- endbrain — (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- engadine — the upper part of the valley of the River Inn in Switzerland, in Graubünden canton: tourist and winter sports centre
- enneadic — Of, relating to, or being an ennead.
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- eradiate — (botany) Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- evadible — That can be evaded.
- examined — Simple past tense and past participle of examine.
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- expiated — Simple past tense and past participle of expiate.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- famacide — a person who destroys another's reputation; a defamer or slanderer.
- 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.
- faradize — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- feijoada — a dish of rice and black beans baked with various kinds of meat and sausage.
- fidayeen — Plural form of fidayee.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filiated — Simple past tense and past participle of filiate.