8-letter words containing a, d, o, e
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- dago red — a cheap red wine, especially a jug wine of Italian origin.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- daimones — disembodied souls
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damehood — The fact or condition of being a dame.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darksome — dark or darkish
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- day mode — phase
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- de plano — without argument.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- deadwood — dead trees or branches
- deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- demagogy — You can refer to a method of political rule as demagogy if you disapprove of it because you think it involves appealing to people's emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- demonian — of, relating to, or resembling a demon
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- denotate — to denote (something)
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- dermato- — indicating skin