8-letter words containing d, a
- abridger — One who abridges. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abridges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge.
- abrupted — Simple past tense and past participle of abrupt.
- absconds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscond.
- abseiled — Simple past tense and past participle of abseil.
- absented — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absolved — Simple past tense and past participle of absolve.
- absorbed — If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
- abstrude — (transitive) To thrust away.
- absurder — Comparative form of absurd.
- absurdly — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- absurdum — An illogical conclusion or state. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- abundant — Something that is abundant is present in large quantities.
- ac and u — Association of Colleges and Universities.
- academes — the campus activity, life, and interests of a college or university; the academic world.
- academia — Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- academus — an Arcadian whose estate became a meeting place for Athenian philosophers.
- acardiac — (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
- acaudate — (biology, zoology) Tailless.
- accadian — the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
- acceding — to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- accended — Simple past tense and past participle of accend.
- accented — Language or speech that is accented is spoken with a particular accent.
- accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- accolade — If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
- accorded — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- accorder — (rare) One who accords.
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- accreted — to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- accuseds — charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy.
- aceldama — the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)
- acerated — having sharp points
- acetated — treated with acetic acid
- achieved — Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.
- acid dye — a dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion usually applied from an acidic solution
- acidemia — a state of abnormally high acidity of the blood due to an increase in hydrogen ions
- acidemic — Alternative form of acidaemic.
- acidhead — a person who uses LSD
- acidness — Acidity, sourness.
- acidosis — a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
- acidotic — a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
- aciduria — the condition of having acid in the urine, particularly at abnormally high levels
- aciduric — (of bacteria) capable of growth in an acid environment.
- acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
- acquited — Simple past tense and past participle of acquit.