8-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- revamped — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- revealed — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- rewarded — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rewarder — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- rideable — capable of being ridden, as a horse.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- romeward — to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- rosemead — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- ryebread — any of various breads made entirely or partly from rye flour, often with caraway seeds
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- sad tree — night jasmine (def 1).
- saddlery — saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- saleyard — an area with pens for holding animals before auction
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sardelle — a small fish, Clupea or Sardinella aurita, similar to the sardine
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scrapped — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- screamed — to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
- sea bird — a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- sea lord — (in Britain) either of the two serving naval officers (First and Second Sea Lords) who sit on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- seawards — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.