6-letter words containing a, d, o
- darvon — propoxyphene hydrochloride
- dation — (rare, legal) The act of giving, granting or conferring (e.g. an office) but not liberal as a donation or gift.
- datong — a city in N Shanxi province, in NE China.
- davout — Louis Nicolas [lwee nee-kaw-lah] /lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Auerstadt [ou-er-stat] /ˈaʊ ərˌstæt/ (Show IPA), Prince of Eckmühl [ek-myool] /ˈɛk myul/ (Show IPA), 1770–1823, marshal of France: one of Napoleon's leading generals.
- dawson — a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop: 1251 (2001)
- dayboy — a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- dayhop — a day's journey; a distance that can be traveled in one day.
- dayton — an industrial city in SW Ohio: aviation research centre. Pop: 161 696 (2003 est)
- deacon — A deacon is a member of the clergy, for example in the Church of England, who is lower in rank than a priest.
- deamon — (spelling) It's spelled "daemon".
- defoam — to remove foam from (something)
- delano — a city in S California.
- deodar — a Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, with drooping branches
- dhokla — A food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to khaman, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming and typically eaten in India.
- dholak — A dhol, especially a relatively small one.
- diablo — Spanish for “devil.”.
- dialog — dialogue
- diatom — any microscopic unicellular alga of the phylum Bacillariophyta, occurring in marine or fresh water singly or in colonies, each cell having a cell wall made of two halves and impregnated with silica
- diaxon — a bipolar cell, having two axons
- diazo- — diazo
- dioxan — a colourless insoluble toxic liquid made by heating ethanediol with sulphuric acid; 1,4-diethylene dioxide: used as a solvent, esp for waxes and cellulose acetate resins. Formula: (CH2)2O(CH2)2O
- django — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- do-all — a person employed as a factotum, as the manager of all the affairs of an individual or a business.
- do-dad — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
- do-rag — a kerchief or scarf worn on the head to protect the hairdo, especially after kinky hair has been straightened.
- doable — capable of being done.
- doated — dote.
- doater — a fully mature harp seal.
- dobras — Plural form of dobra.
- dobuan — Dobu.
- dodads — a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
- dodman — (UK, dialect) A snail.
- dodoma — a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands). 364,881 sq. mi. (945,037 sq. km). Capital: Dodoma.
- dodona — an ancient town in NW Greece, in Epirus: the site of a famous oracle of Zeus.
- dogate — the office of a doge
- dogear — A corner of a page in a book that has been folded down, usually to mark a place in the book.
- dogman — a person who directs the operation of a crane whilst riding on an object being lifted by it
- dogmas — Plural form of dogma.
- dognap — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dollar — a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $.
- dolman — a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- dolmas — Plural form of dolma.
- domagk — Gerhard [ger-hahrt] /ˈgɛr hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1964, German physician: declined 1939 Nobel Prize at the demand of Nazi government.
- domain — the territory governed by a single ruler or government; realm.
- domina — The head of a nunnery.
- donage — Misspelling of dunnage.
- donair — (Canada) A Nova Scotian variant of the doner kebab, including breadcrumbs and spices, and served with a sweet sauce made from evaporated milk, sugar, vinegar, and garlic.
- donald — a male given name: from Celtic words meaning “world” and “power.”.
- donary — a thing given for holy use
- donate — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.