8-letter words containing a, r, d
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- at grade — on the same level
- attender — The attenders at a particular place or event are the people who go there.
- attrited — worn down by friction or attrition
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.
- aumildar — a manager or agent.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- averaged — Simple past tense and past participle of average.
- avogadro — Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo), Conte di Quaregna. 1776–1856, Italian physicist, noted for his work on gases
- avoiders — Plural form of avoider.
- awardees — the recipient of an award.
- awarders — Plural form of awarder.
- awarding — Present participle of award.
- ayurveda — an ancient medical treatise on the art of healing and prolonging life, sometimes regarded as a fifth Veda
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backread — (Internet, slang, especially in IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- backroad — Alternative spelling of back road.
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- backword — the act or an instance of failing to keep a promise or commitment (esp in the phrase give (someone) backword)
- backyard — A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house.
- bad form — If you say that it is bad form to behave in a particular way, you mean that it is rude and impolite.
- bad trip — a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain.
- bad trot — a period of ill fortune
- badarian — designating or of a Neolithic culture of Egypt, characterized by cattle-breeding, fine pottery, and a large range of ornaments
- badgered — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badgerer — One who badgers.
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- baedeker — any of a series of travel guidebooks issued by the German publisher Karl Baedeker (1801–59) or his firm
- baidarka — a type of narrow hunting boat, similar to a kayak, made of sealskin and used by inhabitants of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
- baldrick — a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- ballader — A writer of ballads.
- balladry — ballad poetry or songs
- ballyard — a baseball ground
- bandager — someone who bandages
- bandeira — an expedition in search of gold or slaves
- banderol — Alternative form of banderole.
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bankcard — any plastic card issued by a bank, such as a cash card or cheque card
- bannered — Decorated with a banner or banners.
- bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
- bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
- bar food — food served in a pub