8-letter words containing d, r, e, a, n
- 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.
- 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
- 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).
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- 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.
- 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.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- red roan — a horse having a bay coat sprinkled with white hairs
- redemand — to demand again.
- redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- rehandle — to handle again
- reharden — to make or become hard again
- reinvade — to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force again
- remained — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- remanded — to send back, remit, or consign again.
- rendzina — a dark, rich soil containing limestone or chalk, above a softer, pale, calcareous layer, developed in grassland areas of high to moderate humidity.
- renegade — a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- renegado — a renegade.
- reordain — to ordain again
- retained — to keep possession of.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sardegna — 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).
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- 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.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.