8-letter words containing d, i, a, m, o
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- fairydom — The realm or sphere of fairies.
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- 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.
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- laodamia — a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- maidhood — maidenhood.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- mandingo — a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- mandioca — cassava.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- mastoids — of or relating to the mastoid process.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- mindanao — the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the group. 36,537 sq. mi. (94,631 sq. km).
- miradors — Plural form of mirador.
- modalise — Alternative spelling of modalize.
- modalism — a Christian doctrine that states that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one being exhibited in three different ways rather than three separate entities
- modalist — an adherent of modalism
- modality — the quality or state of being modal.
- modiolar — relating to the modiolus
- moldavia — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- monadism — the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- mondaine — a woman who moves in fashionable society
- mondrian — Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- monoacid — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mordovia — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.
- old maid — Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- racemoid — racemic
- radioman — a person who operates a radio.