8-letter words containing r, e, t, o, d
- redactor — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redolent — having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- redstone — a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- reductor — a tube with a stopcock at one end, usually filled with a metal, for reducing a constituent in a solution.
- reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
- reported — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- requoted — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- rerouted — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- resorted — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- retinoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- retorted — to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
- revolted — to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
- ride out — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rocketed — any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rondelet — a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- rootedly — in a rooted manner
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.
- routered — any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- 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.
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- strolled — to walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble; saunter; take a walk: to stroll along the beach.
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tapadero — tapadera.
- teaboard — a tea tray
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- teardrop — a tear or something suggesting a tear: A single teardrop rolled down her face.
- teratoid — resembling a monster.
- tetrapod — any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- the road — all the cities and towns visited by touring theatrical companies, musicians, etc.
- the word — the proper or most fitting expression
- theodora — a.d. 508–548, Byzantine empress: consort of Justinian I.
- theodore — pope a.d. 897.
- theropod — any member of the suborder Theropoda, comprising carnivorous dinosaurs that had short forelimbs and walked or ran on their hind legs.
- threnode — threnody.
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- throated — having a throat of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a yellow-throated warbler.
- throbbed — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- to order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- toreador — a bullfighter; torero.
- tortured — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- trade on — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- tradeoff — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.