8-letter words containing s, r, d
- sailyard — a yard for a sail.
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- saleyard — an area with pens for holding animals before auction
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- sand bar — a bar of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides or currents.
- sand rat — gerbil.
- sandarac — a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandburr — a variety of wild grass
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- 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.
- saraband — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- 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
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sardelle — a small fish, Clupea or Sardinella aurita, similar to the sardine
- sardinia — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- 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.
- saturday — the seventh day of the week, following Friday.
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- scabbard — a sheath for a sword or the like.
- sceptred — to give a scepter to; invest with authority.
- schröder — Gerhard (ˈɡerhɑt). born 1944, German Social Democrat politician; chancellor of Germany from 1998–2005
- sciuroid — sciurine.
- sclereid — a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- scorched — slightly burned
- scordato — out of tune
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scrapped — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- screamed — to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
- screeded — a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- screeder — a person who lays screeds on a surface
- screened — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scrolled — sawn into scrolls
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- scurried — to go or move quickly or in haste.