8-letter words containing i, d, a, s
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- broadish — fairly broad
- caddised — trimmed with caddis
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsize.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- 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
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- corridas — Plural form of corrida.
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- daibutsu — a large representation of the Buddha.
- daimones — disembodied souls
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- daishiki — dashiki
- 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)
- damaskin — (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- damassin — a patterned damask usually with a floral design
- danaides — the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom
- dandyish — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- dandyism — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- daphnias — Plural form of daphnia.
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darius i — known as Darius the Great, surname Hystaspis. ?550–486 bc, king of Persia (521–486), who extended the Persian empire and crushed the revolt of the Ionian city states (500). He led two expeditions against Greece but was defeated at Marathon (490)
- darlings — Plural form of darling.
- dartitis — (in darts) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- dashikis — Plural form of dashiki.
- dasyurid — Any carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor