8-letter words containing a, o, d, i
- teratoid — resembling a monster.
- tetanoid — Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
- thalloid — resembling or consisting of a thallus.
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- titograd — former name (1945–92) of Podgorica.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- toadyism — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- toroidal — of or relating to a toroid.
- traditor — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- unimodal — (of a distribution) having a single mode.
- videocam — A videocam is a camera that you can carry around with you that records moving images.
- villadom — villas collectively.
- vindaloo — a very hot Indian curry made with meat or poultry, flavored with tamarind, vinegar, and garlic.
- violated — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- voidance — the act of voiding.
- widowman — a widower
- wild oat — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- zodiacal — an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.