8-letter words containing a, n, d, i
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- arcadian — of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
- arcading — An arrangement of arcades.
- aridness — The state or quality of being arid.
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
- ascidian — any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
- asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- assidean — a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.
- assigned — Simple past tense and past participle of assign.
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- attained — to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
- audience — The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- audioone — (tool, music) Digital recording and editing software developed by BizTrack Software Development for the dance, music, and audio industries. AudioOne includes a waveform recorder that allows signal manipulation, editing, and recording.
- auditing — the act of inspecting, correcting, and certifying (accounts, etc)
- audition — An audition is a short performance given by an actor, dancer, or musician so that a director or conductor can decide if they are good enough to be in a play, film, or orchestra.
- avidness — a desire to advance; eagerness
- avoidant — (of behaviour) demonstrating a tendency to avoid intimacy or interaction with others
- avoiding — Present participle of avoid.
- awarding — Present participle of award.
- awninged — sheltered by or covered with an awning
- backwind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- badarian — designating or of a Neolithic culture of Egypt, characterized by cattle-breeding, fine pottery, and a large range of ornaments
- badigeon — a composition for patching surface defects in carpentry or masonry.
- badinage — Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone.
- bailbond — a document in which a prisoner and one or more sureties guarantee that the prisoner will attend the court hearing of the charge against him if he is released on bail
- baladine — a theatrical dancer or stage buffoon
- balanoid — shaped like an acorn.
- band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
- bandeira — an expedition in search of gold or slaves
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- bandfish — a Mediterranean fish with an elongated body
- bandhani — A style of tie-dyeing practised in parts of India.
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- banditti — a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- baudekin — baldachin
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- big band — A big band is a large group of musicians who play jazz or dance music. Big bands were especially popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents