8-letter words containing a, r, o, d
- dad rock — a type of classic rock music that tends to appeal to adults, often played by middle-aged musicians
- dago red — a cheap red wine, especially a jug wine of Italian origin.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darkroom — A darkroom is a room which can be sealed off from natural light and is lit only by red light. It is used for developing photographs.
- darksome — dark or darkish
- darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
- dartford — a town in SE England, in NW Kent. Pop: 56 818 (2001)
- dartmoor — a moorland plateau in SW England, in SW Devon: a national park since 1951. Area: 945 sq km (365 sq miles)
- dartrous — of or pertaining to dartre
- day room — A day room is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dog star — the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.