8-letter words containing a, m, n, d
- dollyman — a technician who moves or pushes the camera dolly during or between shots.
- domanial — of or relating to a domain
- dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- domitian — (Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- 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.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- dragoman — (in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- dragsman — a person who drives a carriage or drag
- dramming — Measurements. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams). 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- dream on — It isn't true
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- dutchman — a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- emanated — (of something abstract but perceptible) Issue or spread out from (a source).
- embanked — Simple past tense and past participle of embank.
- emendals — funds put aside for repairs
- emendate — (obsolete) emended, corrected, restored.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- enameled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of enamel.
- enamored — Totally in love.
- encamped — Simple past tense and past participle of encamp.
- endamage — (archaic) To damage.
- endameba — any of a genus (Endamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in invertebrates, as in the digestive tract of cockroaches and termites
- endgames — Plural form of endgame.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- enjambed — (grammar, of two syntactic units) continued without a pause.
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
- eudaemon — A good or benevolent spirit.
- examined — Simple past tense and past participle of examine.
- farmhand — a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.
- farmland — land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
- filmland — filmdom.
- freedman — a man who has been freed from slavery.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- gendarme — a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad