8-letter words containing s, o, r, d
- prodomos — an open vestibule, as a pronaos.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudish — rather proud
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- re-sound — to sound or cause to sound again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- red rose — the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.
- redhorse — any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
- 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.
- reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
- resinoid — resinlike.
- resolder — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- resolved — firm in purpose or intent; determined.
- resorted — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rose-red — of a pure purplish-red colour
- rosedale — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- rosemead — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- rosewood — any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, especially belonging to the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- rounders — a person or thing that rounds something.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- rowdyism — rough, disorderly behavior.
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- sarandon — Susan Abigail. born 1946, US film actress: her films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1996), and Moonlight Mile (2002)
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.