8-letter words containing a, r, o, d
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- capeador — a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.
- car-load — the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- carboard — (slang) A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a 'go anywhere' approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power, torque and traction, but the most popular vehicles remain four wheel drives and tractors.
- cardamom — Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
- cardroom — a room for carding wool.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- cartroad — a rough track or road in a rural area
- cat door — a small door or flap in a larger door through which a cat can pass
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal