8-letter words containing d, t
- ad litem — (formerly, esp of a guardian) appointed for a lawsuit
- ad vitam — for life.
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adapters — Plural form of adapter.
- adapting — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- adaption — Adaption means the same as adaptation.
- adaptive — Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations.
- adaptors — Plural form of adaptor.
- addebted — indebted
- addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- addiment — (immunology,archaic) synonym of complement.
- addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
- additive — An additive is a substance which is added in small amounts to foods or other things in order to improve them or to make them last longer.
- additory — additional
- adducent — that adducts
- adducted — Physiology. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct).
- adductor — a muscle that adducts
- adelbert — a masculine name
- adenitis — inflammation of a gland or lymph node
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adespota — anonymous works of poetry
- adfected — (algebra, archaic, of an equation) Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.
- adherent — An adherent is someone who holds a particular belief or supports a particular person or group.
- adiantum — The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
- adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjugate — adjoint (def 1).
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- adjutage — a nozzle or tube attached to a vessel to allow the discharge of liquid
- adjutant — An adjutant is an officer in the army who deals with administrative work.
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- admitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- admittee — a person who has been (or will be) admitted
- admitter — a person who admits or something which admits
- adnation — the adhesion or cohesion of different plants
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adopting — Present participle of adopt.
- adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adrastea — a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979
- adrastos — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes.
- adrastus — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor
- adriatic — of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands
- adroitly — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adscript — a serf bound to the land which they work or occupy, and who can be bought or sold along with it
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.