8-letter words containing a, d
- antecede — to go before, as in time, order, etc; precede
- antedate — to be or occur at an earlier date than
- anthodia — a flower head or capitulum, especially the head of a composite plant.
- antiacid — Antacid.
- antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
- anticked — Simple past tense and past participle of antic.
- anticold — preventing or treating the common cold
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
- antidrug — (of a person, group or initiative) discouraging illegal drug use
- antidune — a sand hill or inclined bedding plane that forms a steep slope against the direction of a fast-flowing current
- antifood — Opposing food.
- antinode — a point at which the amplitude of one of the two kinds of displacement in a standing wave has maximum value. Generally the other kind of displacement has its minimum value at this point
- antipode — the exact or direct opposite
- antiqued — An antiqued object is modern but has been made to look like an antique.
- antiskid — designed or constructed to prevent the skidding of a vehicle, especially by reducing hydraulic pressure in the brake system to prevent the brakes from locking.
- antiweed — opposed to marijuana use
- antlered — having antlers
- anybodys — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- aphicide — any substance used to kill aphids
- apodoses — Plural form of apodosis.
- apodosis — the consequent of a conditional statement, as the game will be cancelled in if it rains the game will be cancelled
- appalled — If you are appalled by something, you are shocked or disgusted because it is so bad or unpleasant.
- appealed — Simple past tense and past participle of appeal.
- appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- appeased — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appended — to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
- appender — (computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.
- appendix — Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system.
- applauds — to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- apprised — appraise.
- apprized — Simple past tense and past participle of apprize.
- approved — An approved method or course of action is officially accepted as appropriate in a particular situation.
- aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
- aquacade — an aquatic exhibition or entertainment consisting of swimming, diving, etc., often to music
- aquaduct — Misspelling of aqueduct.
- aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- aqueduct — An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal over a valley.
- aquitard — A semipermeable layer along an aquifer.
- aquitted — Misspelling of acquitted.
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue
- aranrhod — the daughter of the goddess Dôn and the mother of Lleu Llaw Gyffes.
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- arcadian — of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
- arcading — An arrangement of arcades.
- arch dam — a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- arctiids — Plural form of arctiid.
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.