8-letter words containing a, n, u, d
- mutandum — a thing which is to be changed
- nonadult — a person who is not an adult
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- nudation — the process of removing coverings or garments or of causing to be bare or uncovered
- nudicaul — having leafless stems.
- numidian — an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria.
- nundinal — any of the letters of the alphabet from A to H that related to the days of the ancient Roman week
- nut dash — a dash equal in length to the width of an en quad; en dash.
- nut quad — a quad one en wide; en quad.
- omadhaun — a foolish man or boy
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outstand — to be prominent.
- paludine — marshy
- pandanus — any plant of the genus Pandanus, having sword-shaped leaves arranged in a spiral, comprising the screw pines.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- 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.
- paunched — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- quadding — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quadrans — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
- quadrant — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
- quadroon — a person having one-fourth black ancestry, with one black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
- quandary — a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
- quandong — an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
- quiddany — a type of quince jelly
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandburr — a variety of wild grass
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- sandusky — a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- seahound — a dogfish
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- stand up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- stand-up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- standout — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stunkard — sulky
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- sudanese — a native or inhabitant of Sudan.