8-letter words containing d
- academus — an Arcadian whose estate became a meeting place for Athenian philosophers.
- acardiac — (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
- acaudate — (biology, zoology) Tailless.
- accadian — the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
- acceding — to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- accended — Simple past tense and past participle of accend.
- accented — Language or speech that is accented is spoken with a particular accent.
- accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- accolade — If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
- accorded — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- accorder — (rare) One who accords.
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- accreted — to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- accuseds — charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy.
- aceldama — the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)
- acerated — having sharp points
- acetated — treated with acetic acid
- achieved — Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.
- acid dye — a dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion usually applied from an acidic solution
- acidemia — a state of abnormally high acidity of the blood due to an increase in hydrogen ions
- acidemic — Alternative form of acidaemic.
- acidhead — a person who uses LSD
- acidness — Acidity, sourness.
- acidosis — a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
- acidotic — a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
- aciduria — the condition of having acid in the urine, particularly at abnormally high levels
- aciduric — (of bacteria) capable of growth in an acid environment.
- acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
- acquited — Simple past tense and past participle of acquit.
- acridine — a colourless crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C13H9N
- acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
- acrodont — (of the teeth of some reptiles) having no roots and being fused at the base to the margin of the jawbones
- actinide — a member of the actinide series
- actinoid — having a radiate form, as a sea anemone or starfish
- actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
- actuated — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acylated — to introduce the acyl group into (a compound).
- ad litem — (formerly, esp of a guardian) appointed for a lawsuit
- ad vitam — for life.
- ad vivum — to that which is alive.
- ad&d — In the U.S., AD&D is a type of insurance that provides payment if an accident causes death or loss of a limb, eyesight, or hearing.
- adabazar — former name of Adapazari.
- adamance — a state of resoluteness
- adamancy — a state of resoluteness
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adapters — Plural form of adapter.