8-letter words containing a, e, d, o
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- detonate — If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- devo max — an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it
- devonian — of, denoting, or formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, lasting 60-70 million years during which amphibians first appeared
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- dialogue — Dialogue is communication or discussion between people or groups of people such as governments or political parties.
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- dog flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- dogeared — (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dollared — having many dollars; wealthy
- dollface — a person having a smooth, unblemished complexion and small, regular features.
- dolmades — Plural form of dolmade.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- domesday — doomsday.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dopehead — a drug addict.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.