8-letter words containing a, o, d
- modality — the quality or state of being modal.
- moddable — (video games) That can be modded (modified by the end user).
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- moderato — moderate; in moderate time.
- modiolar — relating to the modiolus
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- modula-2 — (language) A high-level programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth at ETH in 1978. It is a derivative of Pascal with well-defined interfaces between modules, and facilities for parallel computation. Modula-2 was developed as the system language for the Lilith workstation. The central concept is the module which may be used to encapsulate a set of related subprograms and data structures, and restrict their visibility from other portions of the program. Each module has a definition part giving the interface, and an implementation part. The language provides limited single-processor concurrency (monitors, coroutines and explicit transfer of control) and hardware access (absolute addresses and interrupts). It uses name equivalence.
- modula-3 — L. Cardelli et al, DEC and Olivetti, 1988. A descendant of Modula-2+ and Cedar, designed for safety and simplicity. Objects, generics, threads, exceptions and garbage collection. Modules are explicitly safe or unsafe. As in Mesa, any set of variables can be monitored. No multiple inheritance, no operator overloading. Uses structural equivalence. "Modula-3 Report", Luca Cardelli et al, TR 52, DEC SRC, and Olivetti Research Center, Aug 1988 (revised Oct 1989). The changes are described in "System Programming with Modula-3", Greg Nelson ed, P-H 1991, ISBN 0-13-590464-1. "Modula-3", Sam Harbison, P-H 1992. Version: SRC Modula-3 V1.5. See also SRC Modula-3.
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- mohammed — ("the Conqueror") 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.
- moldable — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- moldavia — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- monadism — the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- monandry — the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- monardas — Plural form of monarda.
- mondaine — a woman who moves in fashionable society
- mondrian — Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- monoacid — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- montaged — Simple past tense and past participle of montage.
- moonward — Also, moonwards. toward the moon: turned their eyes moonward.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- mortared — a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc.
- mossland — a land covered in peat
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- narrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
- nematoad — Misspelling of nematode.
- nematode — any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- neo-dada — a minor art movement chiefly of the 1960s reviving some of the objectives of dada but placing emphasis on the importance of the work of art produced rather than on the concept generating the work.
- nidation — implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- nocardia — any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- nodation — a thing that is knotted or lumpy
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.