8-letter words containing a, r, d
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- characid — (zoology) Any member of the Characidae.
- charades — a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
- charidee — a jocular spelling of charity, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- charlady — a charwoman
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chresard — the amount of water present in the soil that is available to plants
- citrated — treated with a citrate
- cityward — towards a city
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.
- clochard — a tramp
- clorinda — a female given name.
- cnidaria — an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.
- coadmire — to admire together
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- coleader — a fellow leader
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- collared — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- colorado — a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles)
- compadre — a male friend
- compared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- conrad i — died a.d. 918, king of Germany 911–918.
- copyread — to subedit
- coracoid — a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- corraded — Simple past tense and past participle of corrade.
- corrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrade.