8-letter words containing c, o, d, a
- dad rock — a type of classic rock music that tends to appeal to adults, often played by middle-aged musicians
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimonic — daemon.
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- 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.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- diabolic — Diabolic is used to describe things that people think are caused by or belong to the Devil.
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- diadochi — the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc)
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- dialogic — of, relating to, or characterized by dialogue.
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diatomic — containing two atoms
- diatonic — of, relating to, or based upon any scale of five tones and two semitones produced by playing the white keys of a keyboard instrument, esp the natural major or minor scales forming the basis of the key system in Western music
- 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)
- dication — (chemistry) Any cation, of general formula X2+, formed by the removal of two electrons from a neutral species.
- 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.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- 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.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- dollface — a person having a smooth, unblemished complexion and small, regular features.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.