8-letter words containing a, o, d, i
- ordainer — A person (usually a clergyman) who ordains.
- ordalian — relating to trial by ordeal
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- ordinand — Ecclesiastical. a candidate for ordination.
- ordinant — a line parallel to the y-axis or a distance of one point from the x-axis
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- ordinate — Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
- oribatid — a mite of the family Oribatoidea
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- ovicidal — a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- oxidasic — relating to enzymes that catalyse oxidation
- oxidated — Geochemistry. any of the class of sediments consisting chiefly of oxides of iron or manganese.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palladio — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
- pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- podalgia — pain in the foot.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- polaroid — instant photograph
- poloidal — relating to a type of magnetic field
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- potidaea — a city on the Chalcidice Peninsula, whose revolt against Athens in 432 b.c. was one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War.
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- racemoid — racemic
- radiator — a person or thing that radiates.
- 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.
- railroad — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- 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.
- 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.
- reordain — to ordain again
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid