8-letter words containing d, i, s, a, r
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- quadrics — Plural form of quadric.
- radiants — Plural form of radiant.
- radiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of radiate.
- radiatus — (of a cloud) having bands that appear to converge toward a point on the horizon.
- radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- radiuses — a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter.
- ram disk — (operating system, storage) A memory-resident program which mimics a hard disk drive. It uses part of computer's RAM to store data which can be accessed as files. Unlike a real disk drive, this drive forgets all stored data when the computer is turned off.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readvise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- richards — a male given name.
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- sailyard — a yard for a sail.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardinia — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- sea bird — a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- siderate — to strike violently
- sidereal — determined by or from the stars: sidereal time.
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- silladar — an Indian irregular cavalryman
- sim card — Subscriber Identity/Identification Module: a removable card inside a cell phone that stores data unique to the user, as an identification number, passwords, phone numbers, and messages.
- solidare — an old coin
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- striated — striated.