8-letter words containing d, e, n, r
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overkind — too kind
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overlend — to lend more money than is economical
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- pandered — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderer — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- pondered — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderer — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- predrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- proponed — to suggest for consideration; propose.
- prudence — a female given name.
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- radiance — radiant brightness or light: the radiance of the tropical sun.
- raindate — an alternative date proposed in case of rain
- randomer — an unspecified person of no importance
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- re-endow — to endow again
- re-sound — to sound or cause to sound again
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- rear-end — to drive a vehicle or other conveyance so as to strike the back end of (another vehicle): My car was rear-ended by another driver on the highway.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- receding — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- reckoned — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reconned — reconnaissance.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- red cent — a cent, as representative of triviality: His promise isn't worth a red cent.
- red hind — a grouper, Epinephelus guttatus, of Florida, the West Indies, etc., valued as a food fish.
- red line — a point beyond which a person or group is not prepared to negotiate
- red pine — a pine, Pinus resinosa, of northeastern North America, having needles in groups of two and reddish bark.