8-letter words containing c, e, d, i
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- picketed — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- picrated — containing picrate
- precised — a concise summary.
- precited — cited previously
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- pulicide — a flea-killing substance
- quiesced — Simple past tense and past participle of quiesce.
- racemoid — racemic
- radiance — radiant brightness or light: the radiance of the tropical sun.
- radicate — to (cause to) take root
- raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
- receding — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- received — generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard: a received moral idea.
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- redbrick — of, relating to, or associated with a redbrick university.
- redditch — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire: designated a new town in the mid-1960s; metal-working industries. Pop: 74 803 (2001)
- redecide — to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side: The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.
- redirect — to direct again.
- reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- regicide — the killing of a king.
- reindict — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- reinduce — to induce again
- reinduct — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- repriced — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- ricebird — Southern U.S. the bobolink.
- richweed — clearweed.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- sciaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- scienced — learned or knowledgeable (about something)
- sclereid — a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor
- scolecid — a variety of worm
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scurried — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- sedecias — Zedekiah.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- seducive — seductive
- seleucid — a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.
- sicklied — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- sidekick — a close friend.
- sidelock — earlock.
- silenced — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.