8-letter words containing d, y, e, r
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- legendry — legends collectively.
- lyrebird — an Australian passerine bird of the genus Menura, the male of which has a long tail that is lyrate when spread.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- macready — William Charles, 1793–1873, English actor.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- martyred — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- ore-body — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- overdyed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdye.
- overdyer — someone who overdyes
- oystered — veneered with matched flitches having a figure of concentric rings.
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- peddlery — the business of a peddler.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- re-edify — to edify again or rebuild
- readably — easy or interesting to read.
- readerly — pertaining to or suitable for a reader
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- red army — the Soviet army.
- red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- red tory — a Conservative who holds liberal or mildly socialist views on certain fiscal and social issues
- red-eyed — having bloodshot eyes, esp due to crying or tiredness
- redbelly — any of various animals having red underparts, esp the char or the redbelly turtle
- redeploy — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- remodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rootedly — in a rooted manner
- ruby-red — of the deep red colour of a ruby
- rude boy — a member of a group of often delinquent teenagers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for listening to ska music and wearing suits with trilby or similar soft felt hats