8-letter words containing r, e, d, s, a
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- emeralds — A bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl.
- ensnared — Simple past tense and past participle of ensnare.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- goadster — a goadsman
- graduses — Plural form of gradus.
- grandees — Plural form of grandee.
- grandest — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grenades — Plural form of grenade.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- harassed — stressed, tormented
- hard-set — firmly or rigidly set; fixed: a hard-set smile.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardness — the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- headrush — A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs.
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- jemadars — Plural form of jemadar.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.