8-letter words containing h, e, d, r, o
- redhorse — any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- reinhold — a male given name.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- schröder — Gerhard (ˈɡerhɑt). born 1944, German Social Democrat politician; chancellor of Germany from 1998–2005
- scorched — slightly burned
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- sherwood — Robert Emmet [em-it] /ˈɛm ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1955, U.S. dramatist.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- the road — all the cities and towns visited by touring theatrical companies, musicians, etc.
- the word — the proper or most fitting expression
- theodora — a.d. 508–548, Byzantine empress: consort of Justinian I.
- theodore — pope a.d. 897.
- theropod — any member of the suborder Theropoda, comprising carnivorous dinosaurs that had short forelimbs and walked or ran on their hind legs.
- threnode — threnody.
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- throated — having a throat of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a yellow-throated warbler.
- throbbed — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- trophied — adorned with trophies.
- upholder — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- verdelho — a white grape grown in Portugal, used for making wine
- whoredom — the activity or state of whoring.
- witherod — a N American deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, of the honeysuckle family
- wordtech — (company) Manufacturers of Quicksilver. Address: Orinda, CA, USA.
- worthied — Simple past tense and past participle of worthy.