8-letter words containing d, a, r, t
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- eradiate — (botany) Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fathered — a male parent.
- featured — made a feature or highlight; given prominence: a featured article; a featured actor.
- federate — federated; allied.
- foredate — to antedate.
- formated — Misspelling of formatted.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gaitered — wearing gaiters
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garreted — having a garret or garrets
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gartered — Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- gathered — Simple past tense and past participle of gather.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gladvert — an advertisement that can be tailored to match the emotional state of the viewer
- goadster — a goadsman
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- gradated — to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
- gradatim — (in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- grandest — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- guardant — (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- handcart — a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- hard hat — protective helmet
- hard put — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
- hard-hat — a protective helmet of metal or plastic, especially as worn by construction or factory workers.
- hard-hit — adversely affected; struck by disaster.
- hard-put — hard (def 57).
- hard-set — firmly or rigidly set; fixed: a hard-set smile.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- hardhats — Plural form of hardhat.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- hatguard — a string to keep a hat from blowing off
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.