8-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- quadroon — a person having one-fourth black ancestry, with one black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
- 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.
- randlord — a mining magnate during the 19th-century gold boom in Johannesburg
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- randomer — an unspecified person of no importance
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- 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.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- red roan — a horse having a bay coat sprinkled with white hairs
- renegado — a renegade.
- 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.
- rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- roncador — any of several types of fish found along the Pacific Coast of North America
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- rondonia — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- sarandon — Susan Abigail. born 1946, US film actress: her films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1996), and Moonlight Mile (2002)
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- spadroon — a type of sword
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- swordman — swordsman.