8-letter words containing d, a, r, e
- headgear — any covering for the head, especially a hat, cap, bonnet, etc.
- headmark — a characteristic
- headrace — the race, flume, or channel leading to a water wheel or the like.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- headrush — A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs.
- headward — In the region or direction of the head.
- headwear — coverings for the head, especially hats.
- headword — a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hellward — towards hell
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heralded — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- heraldry — the science of armorial bearings.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- hereward — called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070–71): a subject of many legends
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoarhead — someone, esp an old man, with white hair
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- hurrahed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurrah.
- hurrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurray.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- inlander — a person living inland.
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- inroaded — Simple past tense and past participle of inroad.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.