8-letter words containing a, o, d
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- go ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- go-ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- goadster — a goadsman
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goat god — a deity with the legs and feet of a goat, as Pan or a satyr.
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- goatweed — a plant of the genus Capraria
- god game — a computer roleplaying game in which the player controls the destiny of one or more avatars within a large virtual environment
- god-damn — the utterance of “goddamn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- godendag — a medieval Flemish club having a spike at the end.
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- godsquad — any group of evangelical Christians, members of which are regarded as intrusive and exuberantly pious
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gondwana — a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
- good and — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- good day — day spent well
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- gospodar — a hospodar; a master
- gottwald — Klement [kle-ment] /ˈklɛ mɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, Czech Communist leader: prime minister 1946–48; president 1948–53.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- guandong — a former territory in NE China at the tip of Liaodong peninsula; leased to Japan 1905–45.
- guarddog — a dog that guards a property or person
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- hakodate — a seaport on S Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- hallooed — Simple past tense and past participle of halloo.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- hand job — an act of masturbation.