8-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhard — too hard
- overhead — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overlade — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overlard — to cover with lard
- overload — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overread — to read over or reread
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- pandered — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderer — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- paradise — a town in N California.
- parceled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parroted — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- pedalcar — a four-wheeled vehicle that is operated by pedals, usually a child's toy
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- pedalier — the pedal-board of an organ, piano, etc
- pedaller — a person who pedals
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- peridial — of or pertaining to the peridium
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- pillared — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- pre-aged — (used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the): We must have improved medical care for the aged.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pre-date — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.