8-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- uplander — a person hailing from the uplands
- upraised — If your hand or an object is upraised, you are holding it up in the air.
- urodelan — of, like, or relating to urodeles
- valdemar — Waldemar I
- vartabed — (in the Armenian church) a doctor, master, or teacher
- verandah — Also, verandah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- verdandi — any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past (Urd) the goddess of the present (Verdandi) and the goddess of the future (Skuld)
- veridian — a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium.
- vineyard — a plantation of grapevines, especially one producing grapes for winemaking.
- visegrad — a town in N Hungary, NW of Budapest on the Danube: site of summit in 1991 of the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.
- vreeland — Diana Dalziel [dee-el] /diˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1906–89, U.S. columnist and fashion editor, born in France.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wardmate — A pal met while staying at a hospital.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.
- wartweed — any of various plants, Euphorbia Helioscopia, E. Peplus and Chelidonium majus, used to cure warts
- waterbed — a bed having a liquid-filled rubber or plastic mattress in a rigid, often heated, waterproof frame, and providing a surface that conforms to the sleeper's body in any position.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- webboard — an internet site where users can post messages, tutorials, information, and topics for discussion
- westward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.
- wiredraw — to draw (metal) out into wire, especially by pulling forcibly through a series of holes of gradually decreasing diameter in a succession of dies.
- wood ear — tree ear
- wordages — Plural form of wordage.
- wrangled — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- wrassled — Simple past tense and past participle of wrassle.
- wreathed — a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- yabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of yabber.
- yammered — to whine or complain.
- yardages — Plural form of yardage.
- yattered — Simple past tense and past participle of yatter.
- ycarried — Past participle of carry.
- year end — the end of the financial year
- year-end — year's end; the end of a calendar year.
- yeardley — (Sir) George, 1587?–1627, English colonial governor of Virginia 1619–21, 1626–27.
- yeartide — A specific time of year; season.
- zemindar — (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.