8-letter words containing d, s, a
- cadavers — Plural form of cadaver.
- caddised — trimmed with caddis
- cadences — Plural form of cadence.
- cadenzas — Plural form of cadenza.
- caduceus — a staff entwined with two serpents and bearing a pair of wings at the top, carried by Hermes (Mercury) as messenger of the gods
- caducous — (of parts of a plant or animal) shed during the life of the organism
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- candelas — Plural form of candela.
- candyass — a timid or cowardly person; sissy.
- canvased — Simple past tense and past participle of canvas.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsize.
- capsuled — Enclosed within a capsule.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- cardcase — a small case for holding business cards
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- caressed — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlsbad — a town in S California.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- cascaded — a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
- cascades — a mountain range extending from N California to W Canada: highest peak, Mt. Rainier, 14,408 feet (4322 meters).
- caseated — Simple past tense and past participle of caseate.
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catheads — Plural form of cathead.
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- caucused — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- chadless — (of a keypunch) not producing chads
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- charades — a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- chresard — the amount of water present in the soil that is available to plants
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.