8-letter words containing a, n, d, i
- disbands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disband.
- discandy — to melt or dissolve
- discants — Plural form of discant.
- disdaine — Obsolete spelling of disdain.
- disdains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disdain.
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- displant — to dislodge.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- dividant — (obsolete) different; distinct.
- dog nail — a nail having a head projecting to one side.
- dohnanyi — Ernst von [ernst fuh n] /ɛrnst fən/ (Show IPA), or Ernő [er-nœ] /ˈɛr nœ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1960, Hungarian pianist and composer in the U.S.
- 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.
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- 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.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- doornail — a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- 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.
- dotation — an endowment.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- draconic — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draconid — any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- drafting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dragging — marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
- dragline — a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
- drainage — the act or process of draining.
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draining — Present participle of drain.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- 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.
- dratting — to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- dreading — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- 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.
- drearing — sorrow; grief