8-letter words containing d, e, h, r
- meredith — George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
- merodach — Marduk.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mithered — Simple past tense and past participle of mither.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- mothered — Simple past tense and past participle of mother.
- neatherd — cowherd.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhard — too hard
- overhead — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overhold — to value too highly
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- railhead — the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- red hind — a grouper, Epinephelus guttatus, of Florida, the West Indies, etc., valued as a food fish.
- redditch — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire: designated a new town in the mid-1960s; metal-working industries. Pop: 74 803 (2001)
- redhorse — any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redshare — any red algae, esp one belonging to the genus Polysiphonia
- redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- rehabbed — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- rehandle — to handle again
- reharden — to make or become hard again
- rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- rehauled — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- reinhold — a male given name.
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- rethread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- rev-head — a motor-sport enthusiast
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- richweed — clearweed.
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- schröder — Gerhard (ˈɡerhɑt). born 1944, German Social Democrat politician; chancellor of Germany from 1998–2005
- scorched — slightly burned
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.