8-letter words containing a, r, d
- corridas — Plural form of corrida.
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- costards — Plural form of costard.
- couraged — Having a specified form or amount of courage.
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- cowardry — Lb uncommon Cowardice.
- crabwood — a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
- crackled — Simple past tense and past participle of crackle.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- crandall — Prudence, 1803–90, U.S. educator and civil-rights activist.
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crannied — full of crannies or chinks
- crashpad — a place to sleep or live temporarily
- cratered — If the surface of something is cratered, it has many craters in it.
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- crawdads — Plural form of crawdad.
- crawford — Joan, real name Lucille le Sueur. 1908–77, US film actress, who portrayed ambitious women in such films as Mildred Pierce (1945)
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- cremated — Simple past tense and past participle of cremate.
- crenated — Crenate.
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- crudware — /kruhd'weir/ Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBSs in the micro-hobbyist world.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- cue card — a card, unseen by the audience, carrying dialogue, lyrics, etc. as an aid to a television performer
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- custardy — resembling custard
- d'albert — Eugen [German oi-geyn] /German ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), or Eugène [French œ-zhen] /French œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Francis Charles, 1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.
- d'arblay — Madame Frances, Burney, Frances.
- dabblers — Plural form of dabbler.
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- dactylar — of or pertaining to a dactyl
- dad rock — a type of classic rock music that tends to appeal to adults, often played by middle-aged musicians
- daggered — a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- dago red — a cheap red wine, especially a jug wine of Italian origin.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- daguerre — Louis Jacques Mandé (lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de). 1789–1851, French inventor, who devised one of the first practical photographic processes (1838)
- dahlgren — John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
- daintier — Comparative form of dainty.