8-letter words containing d, s, a
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- cockades — Plural form of cockade.
- coldslaw — coleslaw.
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- commands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- corrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrade.
- corridas — Plural form of corrida.
- costards — Plural form of costard.
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- crashpad — a place to sleep or live temporarily
- crawdads — Plural form of crawdad.
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- culdesac — Alternative spelling of cul-de-sac.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- custardy — resembling custard
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- cyclades — a group of over 200 islands in the S Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece. Capital: Hermoupolis (Ermoupoli, on Syros). Pop: 112 615 (2001). Area: 2572 sq km (993 sq miles)
- dabblers — Plural form of dabbler.
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
- daedalus — an Athenian architect and inventor who built the labyrinth for Minos on Crete and fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee the island
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- daibutsu — a large representation of the Buddha.
- daimones — disembodied souls
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- daishiki — dashiki
- dalesman — a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England
- dalesmen — Plural form of dalesman.
- dalglish — Kenny, born 1951, Scottish footballer: a striker, he played for Celtic (1968–77) and for Liverpool (1977–89): manager of Liverpool (1985–91; 2011–12), of Blackburn Rovers (1991–95), Newcastle United (1997–98), and Celtic (2000): Scotland's most-capped footballer (102 appearances, 1971–86)
- damagers — Plural form of damager.
- damascus — the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc. Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)
- damasked — a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
- damasken — Alternative form of damascene.
- damaskin — (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- damassin — a patterned damask usually with a floral design