8-letter words containing d, e, t, a
- aqueduct — An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal over a valley.
- aquitted — Misspelling of acquitted.
- araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- ardently — having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- arteveld — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1345, Flemish statesman.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- asfetida — asafetida.
- aspected — (astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- assented — to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to): to assent to a statement.
- asserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.
- assisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- astatide — a binary compound of astatine with a more electropositive element
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- asyndeta — Plural form of asyndeton.
- at grade — on the same level
- at speed — quickly
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- athetoid — (symptom) characterised by athetosis.
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- atomized — Simple past tense and past participle of atomize.
- attached — If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
- attacked — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- attained — to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
- attended — to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.
- attendee — The attendees at something such as a meeting or a conference are the people who are attending it.
- attender — The attenders at a particular place or event are the people who go there.
- attested — (of cattle, etc) certified to be free from a disease, esp from tuberculosis
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- attrited — worn down by friction or attrition
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- auditees — Plural form of auditee.
- auditive — a person who learns primarily by listening
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- autodyne — denoting or relating to an electrical circuit in which the same elements and valves are used as oscillator and detector
- azotized — Simple past tense and past participle of azotize.
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- bad debt — A bad debt is a sum of money that has been lent but is not likely to be repaid.
- bad time — inopportune moment
- baldpate — a person with a bald head
- balloted — a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.