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8-letter words containing a, n, d, e

  • agedness — the property of being aged
  • agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
  • agenized — to bleach (flour) with nitrogen trichloride.
  • agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.
  • agonized — Agonized describes something that you say or do when you are in great physical or mental pain.
  • aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
  • al dente — If you cook pasta or a vegetable until it is al dente, you cook it just long enough so that it is neither hard nor soft but is firm and slightly chewy.
  • alcandre — the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
  • alcidine — of, relating to, or belonging to the Alcidae, a family of sea birds including the auks, guillemots, puffins, and related forms
  • alderman — In some parts of the United States and Canada, an alderman is a member of the governing body of a city.
  • aldermen — Plural form of alderman.
  • alderney — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
  • aldimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR.
  • allemand — Misspelling of allemande.
  • altadena — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • amandine — a protein found in almonds
  • ambident — (chemistry) Describing a molecule or group that has two alternative and interacting reaction sites, to either of which a bond may be made during a reaction.
  • amending — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
  • amidogen — a compound radical, NH2, derived from ammonia
  • aminated — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
  • amounted — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
  • amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
  • anadenia — deficient glandular activity.
  • anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
  • analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • analyzed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
  • and gate — An AND gate is an electrical circuit that combines two signals so that the output is on if both signals are present.
  • andersen — Hans Christian. 1805–75, Danish author of fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen
  • anderson — a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)
  • andesine — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase series consisting of an aluminium silicate of sodium and calcium. Formula: NaAlSi3O8.CaAl2Si2O8
  • andesite — a fine-grained tan or grey volcanic rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, esp andesine, amphibole, and pyroxene
  • andretti — Mario. born 1940, US racing driver: Formula One world champion (1978)
  • andrewes — Lancelot. 1555–1626, English bishop and theologian
  • andreyev — ˌLeonid Nikolaˈyevich (ˌlɛɔˈnidˌ nikɔlɑˈjeɪvɪtʃ ) ; leˌ^ōnēdˈ nēˌk^ōläyāˈvich) 1871-1919; Russ. playwright, novelist, & short-story writer
  • androgen — any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics
  • anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
  • anecdota — unpublished writings
  • anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
  • angeldom — The world of angels.
  • angledug — an earthworm
  • anglepod — an American wild flowering plant with angular pods, belonging to the milkweed family
  • anguiped — having snakes for feet or legs
  • anhedral — the downward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axis
  • animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
  • annealed — Simple past tense and past participle of anneal.
  • annelida — the phylum comprising the annelids.
  • annelids — Plural form of annelid.
  • annulled — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
  • anodized — coated with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
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