8-letter words containing a, r, e, n, d
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- drainage — the act or process of draining.
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dreading — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- dream on — It isn't true
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drearing — sorrow; grief
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- dungaree — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- ear band — a small ornament worn on the rim of the ear, shaped so as to grip the rim gently instead of piercing or squeezing it.
- en garde — ready to defend oneself
- enamored — Totally in love.
- encradle — to put in a cradle
- endanger — Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
- endarchy — a central government
- endbrain — (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
- endeared — Simple past tense and past participle of endear.
- endeavor — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- engraved — Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- enranged — Simple past tense and past participle of enrange.
- ensnared — Simple past tense and past participle of ensnare.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- euroland — also Eurozone
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- ferndale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- fredaine — a prank; a practical joke
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- freedman — a man who has been freed from slavery.
- freehand — drawn or executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, or other aids: a freehand map.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- gadarene — relating to or engaged in a headlong rush
- gardened — Simple past tense and past participle of garden.