8-letter words containing i, d, a, e
- rendzina — a dark, rich soil containing limestone or chalk, above a softer, pale, calcareous layer, developed in grassland areas of high to moderate humidity.
- reordain — to ordain again
- repaired — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- retained — to keep possession of.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- rideable — capable of being ridden, as a horse.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rig veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rig-veda — one of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- rivalled — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- salified — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sanidine — a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
- satiated — satiated.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- sciaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- sea bird — a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- sea-maid — a mermaid.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- sedecias — Zedekiah.
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semibald — partly bald
- semideaf — partly deaf
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- sesamoid — shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- setaside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- side-way — a byway.
- sideband — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- sidehead — a heading or subhead run in the margin of a book or magazine.
- sideload — to transfer software, data, etc., from one local system or device to another, typically from one's computer to a mobile device.
- sidepath — a minor path
- siderate — to strike violently