8-letter words that end in de
- on-glide — a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound. Compare off-glide (def 1).
- oostende — a seaport in NW Belgium.
- openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
- outchide — to exceed in chiding
- outguide — a folder in a filing system
- outslide — (poetic) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
- outtrade — to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- overlade — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- overrode — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- overrude — very rude
- overside — over the side, as of a ship.
- overwide — too wide
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- passcode — password (def 2).
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- portside — situated on the port side
- postcode — an official code used by the post office, similar to the U.S. zip code, that adds numbers and letters to addresses to expedite mail delivery.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- protrude — to project.
- pulicide — a flea-killing substance
- quaalude — methaqualone
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
- quietude — the state of being quiet; tranquillity; calmness; stillness; quiet.
- raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- raw mode — (operating system) A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system. Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are generally regarded as broken. Compare rare mode, cooked mode.
- reaccede — to accede again
- red tide — a brownish-red discoloration of marine waters caused by the presence of enormous numbers of certain microscopic flagellates, especially the dinoflagellates, that often produce a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in the tissues of shellfish, making them poisonous when eaten by humans and other vertebrates.
- redecide — to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side: The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.
- redivide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- regicide — the killing of a king.
- reinvade — to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force again
- remolade — rémoulade.
- renegade — a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- ringside — the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- rip-tide — a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.