8-letter words containing a, n, d, o
- fondants — Plural form of fondant.
- foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forzando — sforzando
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- god-damn — the utterance of “goddamn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- godendag — a medieval Flemish club having a spike at the end.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- good and — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- guandong — a former territory in NE China at the tip of Liaodong peninsula; leased to Japan 1905–45.
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hand job — an act of masturbation.
- hand log — chip log.
- hand off — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-off — Football. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
- hand-out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- handiron — andiron.
- handload — to load (cartridges or other ammunition) by hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.