8-letter words containing d, a
- anaconda — a very large nonvenomous arboreal and semiaquatic snake, Eunectes murinus, of tropical South America, which kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)
- anadenia — deficient glandular activity.
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyzed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anconoid — resembling the ancon or elbow
- and gate — An AND gate is an electrical circuit that combines two signals so that the output is on if both signals are present.
- and how! — very much so!
- and that — everything connected with the subject mentioned
- andersen — Hans Christian. 1805–75, Danish author of fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen
- anderson — a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)
- andesine — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase series consisting of an aluminium silicate of sodium and calcium. Formula: NaAlSi3O8.CaAl2Si2O8
- andesite — a fine-grained tan or grey volcanic rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, esp andesine, amphibole, and pyroxene
- andirons — Plural form of andiron.
- andizhan — a city in E Uzbekistan. Pop: 413 000 (2005 est)
- andoroba — carapa.
- andorran — of or relating to Andorra or its inhabitants
- andrassy — Count Gyula (ˈdjulɔ). 1823–90, Hungarian statesman; the first prime minister of Hungary under the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867)
- andretti — Mario. born 1940, US racing driver: Formula One world champion (1978)
- andrewes — Lancelot. 1555–1626, English bishop and theologian
- andreyev — ˌLeonid Nikolaˈyevich (ˌlɛɔˈnidˌ nikɔlɑˈjeɪvɪtʃ ) ; leˌ^ōnēdˈ nēˌk^ōläyāˈvich) 1871-1919; Russ. playwright, novelist, & short-story writer
- androgen — any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics
- androids — Plural form of android.
- andropov — Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)
- anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- angeldom — The world of angels.
- angledug — an earthworm
- anglepod — an American wild flowering plant with angular pods, belonging to the milkweed family
- angrboda — a giantess who was the mother of Loki's children, Fenrir and Hel, and also of the Midgard serpent.
- anguiped — having snakes for feet or legs
- anhedral — the downward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axis
- animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
- aniridia — the absence of an iris, due to a congenital condition or an injury
- annealed — Simple past tense and past participle of anneal.
- annelida — the phylum comprising the annelids.
- annelids — Plural form of annelid.
- annulled — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- anodally — in an anodal manner
- anodized — coated with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
- anodynic — relating to the soothing or alleviating of pain
- anointed — chosen officially to do an important job
- anregend — Stimulating, inspiring.
- answered — Simple past tense and past participle of answer.
- ant bird — any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- antacids — Plural form of antacid.
- antbirds — Plural form of antbird.