8-letter words containing a, n, d, e
- dancette — an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- dandered — Simple past tense and past participle of dander.
- danegeld — the tax first levied in the late 9th century in Anglo-Saxon England to provide protection money for or to finance forces to oppose Viking invaders
- daneweed — an alternative name for a danewort
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- dangered — Simple past tense and past participle of danger.
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- danielle — a feminine name
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- danseuse — a female ballet dancer
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- darkened — A darkened building or room has no lights on inside it.
- darkener — One who or that which darkens.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- darraine — clear of guilt
- data pen — a device for reading or scanning magnetically coded data on labels, packets, etc
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- day name — a name indicating a person's day of birth
- de plano — without argument.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- dead end — If a street is a dead end, there is no way out at one end of it.
- dead man — Building Trades. a log, concrete block, etc., buried in the ground as an anchor.
- dead men — empty bottles
- dead run — a steady run at top speed: The centerfielder caught the ball on the dead run.
- dead-end — terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street.
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- deadened — Simple past tense and past participle of deaden.
- deadener — to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken: to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.
- deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- deadness — The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
- deadpans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadpan.
- deafened — Simple past tense and past participle of deafen.
- deafness — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- dearness — beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.