8-letter words containing a, d, i, o
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- fairydom — The realm or sphere of fairies.
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- feijoada — a dish of rice and black beans baked with various kinds of meat and sausage.
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- foliated — covered with or having leaves.
- food aid — food donated, either by a foreign government or by a charitable organization, to people in need, usually in developing countries
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- handiron — andiron.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- hematoid — hemoid.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hokkaido — a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes