8-letter words containing d, a, n, t
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- handsets — Plural form of handset.
- hastened — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hatbands — Plural form of hatband.
- hatstand — (UK) A device used to store hats upon. Usually made of wood and standing at least five foot tall, they have a single pole making up most of the height, with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of lengthy pegs at the top for placement of hats.
- headhunt — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headnote — a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hydranth — the terminal part of a hydroid polyp that bears the mouth and tentacles and contains the stomach region.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- ideating — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- ideation — the process of forming ideas or images.
- incanted — Simple past tense and past participle of incant.
- indagate — to investigate; research.
- indicant — something that indicates; indicator.
- indicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- inkstand — a small stand, usually on a desk, for holding ink, pens, etc.
- instated — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- intailed — Simple past tense and past participle of intail.
- intifada — (sometimes initial capital letter) a revolt begun in December 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- intraday — occurring during a single day.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- inundant — flooding or overflowing.
- inundate — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- iodinate — to iodize.
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- katmandu — a city in and the capital of Nepal, in the central part.
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- lamented — mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
- lanceted — having lancet-headed openings.
- land art — earth art.
- land tax — law: includes all land sb owns
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- maitland — Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- mandated — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- megadont — macrodont.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.