8-letter words containing a, o, d
- domesday — doomsday.
- dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- domitian — (Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- doolally — Temporarily deranged or feebleminded.
- doomsday — the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- doorjamb — either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- doornail — a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dooryard — a yard in front of the door of a house.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dopehead — a drug addict.
- dorkland — an offensive name for Auckland
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- dorsalis — dorsal1 .
- dorsally — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- dot ball — a ball from which a run is not scored
- dotation — an endowment.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downland — An area of rolling downs, often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
- download — to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.