8-letter words containing a, o, d
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damehood — The fact or condition of being a dame.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damnfool — (informal) Contemptibly foolish.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- damp off — (of plants, seedlings, shoots, etc) to be affected by damping off
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darkroom — A darkroom is a room which can be sealed off from natural light and is lit only by red light. It is used for developing photographs.
- darksome — dark or darkish
- darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
- dartford — a town in SE England, in NW Kent. Pop: 56 818 (2001)
- dartmoor — a moorland plateau in SW England, in SW Devon: a national park since 1951. Area: 945 sq km (365 sq miles)
- dartrous — of or pertaining to dartre
- dash off — If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly.
- dashpots — Plural form of dashpot.
- datapost — an express service offered by the Royal Mail that ensures a parcel reaches its destination either on the day of postage or the following morning
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- day mode — phase
- day room — A day room is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- daybooks — Plural form of daybook.
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- de plano — without argument.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- deadwood — dead trees or branches
- deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming