8-letter words containing a, i, d, o, n
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- radioman — a person who operates a radio.
- radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- raimondi — Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- reordain — to ordain again
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rondonia — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sidonian — a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- taenioid — ribbon-like in structure
- tandoori — baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
- tetanoid — Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- unimodal — (of a distribution) having a single mode.
- vindaloo — a very hot Indian curry made with meat or poultry, flavored with tamarind, vinegar, and garlic.
- voidance — the act of voiding.
- widowman — a widower