8-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- siderate — to strike violently
- sidereal — determined by or from the stars: sidereal time.
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- solidare — an old coin
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- sporades — two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades, lying northeast of Euboea, and the Southern Sporades, which include the Dodecanese and lie off the SW coast of Turkey
- spraddle — to straddle.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- spreader — a person or thing that spreads.
- squadder — a member of a squad: riot squadder; fire squadder.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- statured — of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
- straddle — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- striated — striated.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- superadd — to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.
- superbad — exceptionally bad
- surbased — having a surbase.
- surfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- swaddler — a blanket in which to swaddle a baby
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- tabarded — wearing a tabard
- taberdar — a holder of a scholarship at Queen's College, Oxford
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tapadera — Southwestern U.S. a hoodlike piece of heavy leather around the front of the stirrup of a stock or range saddle to protect the rider's foot.
- tapadero — tapadera.