8-letter words containing s, r, d
- sea bird — a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- sea lord — (in Britain) either of the two serving naval officers (First and Second Sea Lords) who sit on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- seawards — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- seconder — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secreted — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- sederunt — a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- send for — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- 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.
- serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadrach — a companion of Daniel who, with Meshach and Abednego, was thrown into the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar and came out unharmed. Dan. 3:12–30.
- shardana — a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- shepherd — a male given name.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwood — Robert Emmet [em-it] /ˈɛm ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1955, U.S. dramatist.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- shivered — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- shraddha — one of several funeral rites performed at intervals after a death.
- shredded — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shredder — a person or thing that shreds.
- shrewder — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrilled — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- 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.
- silladar — an Indian irregular cavalryman
- siluroid — a freshwater fish of the family Siluridae