8-letter words containing d, i, s, a
- aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- arctiids — Plural form of arctiid.
- arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
- aridisol — a soil type common to the world's deserts, poor in organic matter and rich in salts.
- aridness — The state or quality of being arid.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
- ascarids — Plural form of ascarid.
- ascidian — any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
- ascidium — part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant
- asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- asfetida — asafetida.
- ashmedai — (tool) A symbolic mathematics package by Michael Levine <[email protected]> that influenced SMP and FORM. There are versions for the Univac 1108 and VAX/VMS.
- aspidium — a variety of fern that is used in the treatment of various ailments
- assailed — Simple past tense and past participle of assail.
- assidean — a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.
- assigned — Simple past tense and past participle of assign.
- assisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assoiled — Simple past tense and past participle of assoil.
- 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
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- auditees — Plural form of auditee.
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- avidness — a desire to advance; eagerness
- avoiders — Plural form of avoider.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- backslid — Simple past tense and past participle of backslide.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- bandfish — a Mediterranean fish with an elongated body
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- baptised — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- bardship — the office or state of being a bard
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- bastides — Plural form of bastide.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America