8-letter words containing d, a, c, e
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- advanced — An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.
- advancer — a person or thing that advances.
- advances — personal overtures made in an attempt to become friendly, gain a favour, etc
- advected — Simple past tense and past participle of advect.
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aeacides — a patronymic for any of the descendants of Aeacus, as Achilles, Peleus, and Telamon.
- aecidial — relating to or resembling an aecidium
- aecidium — an aecium
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aeroduct — an air duct
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- alcaides — Plural form of alcaide.
- alcandre — the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- alcidine — of, relating to, or belonging to the Alcidae, a family of sea birds including the auks, guillemots, puffins, and related forms
- alcimede — the mother of Jason.
- algicide — any substance that kills algae
- anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- antecede — to go before, as in time, order, etc; precede
- anticked — Simple past tense and past participle of antic.
- aphicide — any substance used to kill aphids
- aquacade — an aquatic exhibition or entertainment consisting of swimming, diving, etc., often to music
- aqueduct — An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal over a valley.
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
- ascender — the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- aspected — (astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- attached — If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
- attacked — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- audience — The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- back end — autumn
- back-end — (programming) Any software performing either the final stage in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a compiler. A compiler's back-end generates machine language and performs optimisations specific to the machine's architecture. The term can also be used in the context of network applications. E.g. "The back-end of the system handles socket protocols". Contrast front end.
- backbend — a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- backends — Plural form of backend.
- backread — (Internet, slang, especially in IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.