8-letter words containing d, a, s
- headsmen — Plural form of headsman.
- headstay — (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- 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.
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hogshead — a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
- holdalls — Plural form of holdall.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- hollands — John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- husbands — Plural form of husband.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- ibn saud — Abdul-Aziz [ahb-doo l-ah-zeez] /ɑbˈdʊl ɑˈziz/ (Show IPA), 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
- ibn-saud — Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
- idealess — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idealise — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- igdrasil — Ygdrasil
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- indusial — Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
- inkstand — a small stand, usually on a desk, for holding ink, pens, etc.
- inradius — the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- inseamed — Simple past tense and past participle of inseam.
- instated — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- isenland — (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- islanded — Simple past tense and past participle of island.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- isolated — compact
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- jaloused — Simple past tense and past participle of jalouse.
- jamadars — Plural form of jamadar.