8-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- advancer — a person or thing that advances.
- adverted — to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
- advisers — Plural form of adviser.
- aerified — to aerate.
- aerodart — a steel arrow dropped from an aircraft as a weapon
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aerodyne — any heavier-than-air machine, such as an aircraft, that derives the greater part of its lift from aerodynamic forces
- affeared — Simple past tense and past participle of affear.
- affirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- affrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of affray.
- aggraded — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrade.
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airdried — Simple past tense and past participle of airdry.
- airdries — a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airedale — a large rough-haired tan-coloured breed of terrier characterized by a black saddle-shaped patch covering most of the back
- airfield — An airfield is an area of ground where aircraft take off and land. It is smaller than an airport.
- airheads — Plural form of airhead.
- airspeed — An aircraft's airspeed is the speed at which it travels through the air.
- alcandre — the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- alderfly — any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water
- 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)
- aldridge — Ira Frederick ("the African Roscius") 1804?–67, U.S. actor, primarily in Europe.
- alreadie — Obsolete spelling of already.
- ambedkar — Bhimrao Ramji [beem-rou rahm-jee] /ˈbim raʊ ˈrɑm dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1893–1956, Indian politician and jurist.
- amberoid — a synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of amber and other resins together at a high temperature
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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
- anhedral — the downward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axis
- anregend — Stimulating, inspiring.
- answered — Simple past tense and past participle of answer.
- antlered — having antlers
- appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- appender — (computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.
- apprised — appraise.
- apprized — Simple past tense and past participle of apprize.
- approved — An approved method or course of action is officially accepted as appropriate in a particular situation.
- araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour