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8-letter words containing d, e, t, r, a

  • radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
  • radiated — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
  • radiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of radiate.
  • radicate — to (cause to) take root
  • radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
  • radwaste — radioactive waste.
  • raindate — an alternative date proposed in case of rain
  • raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
  • raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
  • ratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
  • 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.
  • re-admit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
  • re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
  • re-audit — an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
  • re-tread — to tread or walk over (one's steps) again
  • read out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
  • read-out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
  • readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
  • readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
  • recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
  • red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
  • red meat — any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).
  • red star — any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.
  • red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
  • redacted — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • redactor — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • redefeat — to defeat again
  • redstart — any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
  • reduzate — a sediment that has not undergone oxidation, as of coal, oil, sulfur, and sulfides.
  • redwater — a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma) bovis, which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites
  • repeated — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
  • rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
  • retained — to keep possession of.
  • retarded — characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
  • retardee — a retarded person; retardate.
  • retarder — a person or thing that retards.
  • 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.
  • roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
  • rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
  • rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
  • sad tree — night jasmine (def 1).
  • serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
  • siderate — to strike violently
  • spirated — twisted in a spiral
  • starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
  • startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
  • statured — of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
  • straddle — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
  • strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
  • stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
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