8-letter words containing t, d, i, s, r
- redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- resident — a person who resides in a place.
- resisted — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- ruddiest — of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- siderate — to strike violently
- 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.
- sistroid — contained between the convex sides of two intersecting curves
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- squirted — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- 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.
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- striated — striated.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- strijdom — Johannes Gerhardus (joˈhanəs ɡeːrˈhɑːdəs). 1893–1958, South African statesman; prime minister (1954–58)
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- stripped — having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- studiers — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturdier — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sturdily — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- tendrils — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- thyrsoid — having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- triadist — someone who composes triads
- weirdest — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- wordiest — Superlative form of wordy.
- wordlist — A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.