8-letter words containing a, n, d, o
- commands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- concaved — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conehead — a stupid person.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- conidial — of or like conidia
- conoidal — Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
- conrad i — died a.d. 918, king of Germany 911–918.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimones — disembodied souls
- daimonic — daemon.
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- damnfool — (informal) Contemptibly foolish.
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- de plano — without argument.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.