8-letter words containing a, o, d
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- doxapram — a drug used to stimulate the respiratory process
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- draconic — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draconid — any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- dragoman — (in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- draw off — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- dream on — It isn't true
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- drop-add — the period at the beginning of a term when students can sign up for new courses and drop courses for which they were previously registered
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- duodenal — of or relating to the duodenum.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dynatron — an electron tube, usually a tetrode, that produces an oscillating current at certain frequencies
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- earldoms — Plural form of earldom.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.