8-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- rapiered — wearing or carrying a rapier
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- rarefied — extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted: the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium.
- raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- ratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ravelled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- raw deal — unjust treatment
- raw mode — (operating system) A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system. Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are generally regarded as broken. Compare rare mode, cooked mode.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-admit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- re-audit — an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- re-tread — to tread or walk over (one's steps) again
- reaccede — to accede again
- read law — to study to become a lawyer
- read out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
- read-out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
- readable — easy or interesting to read.
- readably — easy or interesting to read.
- readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
- readerly — pertaining to or suitable for a reader
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- readvise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realized — to grasp or understand clearly.
- rear-end — to drive a vehicle or other conveyance so as to strike the back end of (another vehicle): My car was rear-ended by another driver on the highway.
- rearward — Also, rearwards. toward or in the rear.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recapped — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- red army — the Soviet army.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- red bark — a kind of cinchona containing a high proportion of alkaloids
- red card — Soccer. a red card shown by the referee to a player being sent off the field for a flagrant violation.
- red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- red flag — communist symbol
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- red lead — an orange to red, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb 3 O 4 , obtained by heating litharge in the presence of air: used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.
- red mass — a votive Mass of the Holy Ghost said as a blessing for the legal profession.
- red meat — any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).
- red roan — a horse having a bay coat sprinkled with white hairs
- red sage — a showy, rank-smelling shrub, Lantana camara, of tropical America, having yellow flowers that turn orange or red.
- red star — any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.
- red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- red-flag — to mark or draw attention to for a particular purpose: The department has red-flagged the most urgent repair work to be done.