8-letter words containing d, e, a
- 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.
- acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
- acquited — Simple past tense and past participle of acquit.
- acridine — a colourless crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C13H9N
- actinide — a member of the actinide series
- actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
- actuated — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acylated — to introduce the acyl group into (a compound).
- ad litem — (formerly, esp of a guardian) appointed for a lawsuit
- adamance — a state of resoluteness
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adapters — Plural form of adapter.
- adaptive — Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations.
- addebted — indebted
- addendas — a plural of addendum.
- addendum — An addendum is an additional section at the end of a book or document.
- adderley — Julian ("Cannonball") 1928–75, American jazz saxophonist.
- addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- addiment — (immunology,archaic) synonym of complement.
- additive — An additive is a substance which is added in small amounts to foods or other things in order to improve them or to make them last longer.
- addorsed — placed back to back
- adducent — that adducts
- adducted — Physiology. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct).
- adelaide — the capital of South Australia: Port Adelaide, 11 km (7 miles) away on St Vincent Gulf, handles the bulk of exports. Pop: 1 225 235 (2011)
- adelbert — a masculine name
- adenauer — Konrad (ˈkɔnraːt). 1876–1967, German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1949–63)
- adenitis — inflammation of a gland or lymph node
- adenoids — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person's throat that sometimes become swollen and have to be removed.
- adenomas — Plural form of adenoma.
- adenosis — a minor glandular condition typified by swelling of the lymph glands
- adequacy — Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable.