8-letter words containing d, e, i, r
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- fingered — having fingers, especially of a specified kind or number (often used in combination): a five-fingered glove.
- fire red — a strong reddish-orange color.
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
- fired up — enthusiastic, excited
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- firedogs — Plural form of firedog.
- fireside — Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- fireweed — any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- fissured — Simple past tense and past participle of fissure.
- fixtured — Simple past tense and past participle of fixture.
- flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- flurried — marked by confusion or agitation.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- foreside — the front side or part.
- forewind — a favourable wind
- fredaine — a prank; a practical joke
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- free bid — a bid made in response to a partner's bid when responding is not required by convention or is not necessary to keep the auction open, as after an opponent's overcall.
- freeride — (sport) To snowboard without goals or rules.
- frenzied — wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- fribbled — Simple past tense and past participle of fribble.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- friended — provided with or accompanied by friends.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frighted — Simple past tense and past participle of fright.
- frizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of frizzle.
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- gaitered — wearing gaiters
- gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- gibbered — Simple past tense and past participle of gibber; to talk incomprehensibly.
- gingered — Spiced with ginger.
- gliddery — slippery
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goodsire — a grandfather
- gordimer — Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- gravidae — a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
- greedier — Comparative form of greedy.
- greedily — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- griddled — Simple past tense and past participle of griddle.