8-letter words containing a, r, o, d
- harewood — the greenish-gray wood of the sycamore maple, used for making furniture.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- harrowed — an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- head for — go towards, go to
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- headword — a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoarhead — someone, esp an old man, with white hair
- hog-ward — someone who looks after hogs
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- honduran — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honorand — the recipient of an honor, especially an honorary university degree.
- hood rat — a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hot-draw — Metalworking. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- hydrator — something that hydrates.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- idiogram — Karyogram.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- inroaded — Simple past tense and past participle of inroad.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jargoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jargon.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.