8-letter words containing a, o, d
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- madwomen — Plural form of madwoman.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- maidhood — maidenhood.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- malgrado — in spite of
- malodour — Alternative spelling of malodor.
- mancando — in a fading manner
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- mandingo — a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- mandioca — cassava.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- maradona — Diego (dɪˈeɪɡəʊ) (Armando). born 1960, Argentinian footballer and manager: his clubs included Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli; scored 34 goals in 91 internationals (1977–94); under his captaincy Argentina won the World Cup in 1986
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- marooned — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mazdoors — Plural form of mazdoor.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- megadont — macrodont.
- megadose — a dose many times the usual amount, as of a vitamin or drug.
- megapode — any of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- memo pad — memorandum pad
- merodach — Marduk.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- mindanao — the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the group. 36,537 sq. mi. (94,631 sq. km).
- miradors — Plural form of mirador.
- modalise — Alternative spelling of modalize.
- modalism — a Christian doctrine that states that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one being exhibited in three different ways rather than three separate entities
- modalist — an adherent of modalism