8-letter words containing i, r, e, d, u
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
- enquired — Simple past tense and past participle of enquire.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- fired up — enthusiastic, excited
- fissured — Simple past tense and past participle of fissure.
- fixtured — Simple past tense and past participle of fixture.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- flurried — marked by confusion or agitation.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- grundies — men's underpants
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guilders — Plural form of guilder.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- incurved — Turned inwards.
- indevour — Obsolete spelling of endeavour.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inquired — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- insureds — the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- intruded — Simple past tense and past participle of intrude.
- intruder — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- intrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intrude.
- inturned — an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- irrupted — Simple past tense and past participle of irrupt.
- iturbide — Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
- judicare — a federally funded program providing free or low-cost legal services to the poor.
- leisured — having leisure: the leisured classes.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- liquored — Simple past tense and past participle of liquor.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- misruled — Simple past tense and past participle of misrule.
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- murexide — a reddish-purple, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 8 N 6 O 6 , having a green luster, formerly used as a dye.
- outdrive — Drive a golf ball farther than (another player).