8-letter words containing i, r, s, e, d
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- seriffed — (of a letter or typeface) having serifs
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shivered — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrilled — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- siderate — to strike violently
- sidereal — determined by or from the stars: sidereal time.
- siderite — Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- silvered — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- skydiver — freefalling parachutist
- sliddery — slippery
- slurried — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solidare — an old coin
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- squirmed — to wriggle or writhe.
- squirted — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- steroids — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- striated — striated.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- stripped — having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- studiers — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturdier — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sundries — miscellaneous items
- surfside — next to the sea
- survived — to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him. He survived the operation.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.