8-letter words containing t, e, d
- adelbert — a masculine name
- adenitis — inflammation of a gland or lymph node
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adespota — anonymous works of poetry
- adfected — (algebra, archaic, of an equation) Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.
- adherent — An adherent is someone who holds a particular belief or supports a particular person or group.
- adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
- adjugate — adjoint (def 1).
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjutage — a nozzle or tube attached to a vessel to allow the discharge of liquid
- admitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- admittee — a person who has been (or will be) admitted
- admitter — a person who admits or something which admits
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adrastea — a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- advected — Simple past tense and past participle of advect.
- adverted — to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aerodart — a steel arrow dropped from an aircraft as a weapon
- aeroduct — an air duct
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- afflated — resulting from influence of someone or something
- agatized — to change into or make like agate.
- agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- al dente — If you cook pasta or a vegetable until it is al dente, you cook it just long enough so that it is neither hard nor soft but is firm and slightly chewy.
- alighted — Simple past tense and past participle of alight.
- allotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- altadena — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- altitude — If something is at a particular altitude, it is at that height above sea level.
- alveated — resembling the channels of a beehive
- ambident — (chemistry) Describing a molecule or group that has two alternative and interacting reaction sites, to either of which a bond may be made during a reaction.
- amidated — to convert into an amide.
- aminated — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- amounted — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- and gate — An AND gate is an electrical circuit that combines two signals so that the output is on if both signals are present.
- andesite — a fine-grained tan or grey volcanic rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, esp andesine, amphibole, and pyroxene
- andretti — Mario. born 1940, US racing driver: Formula One world champion (1978)
- anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
- anointed — chosen officially to do an important job