8-letter words containing d, i, c, o
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- geodesic — Also, geodesical. pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, in which geodesic lines take the place of the straight lines of plane geometry.
- geodetic — pertaining to geodesy.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- ice dock — an enclosed basin in icy waters in which a vessel may lie to avoid being crushed.
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- ice-cold — cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- iconized — Simple past tense and past participle of iconize.
- icy cold — very cold
- idiocies — utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.: All this talk of zombies coming to attack us is pure idiocy.
- idiolect — The speech habits peculiar to a particular person.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- inclosed — enclose.
- indictor — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- indocile — not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- invoiced — an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- isodicon — (in the Greek Orthodox Church) a short anthem performed while the Gospel is being carried into a church
- isodomic — (of ashlar) composed of stones of uniform size.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- laodicea — ancient name of Latakia.
- lodicule — one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- mandioca — cassava.
- mediocer — Obsolete form of mediocre.
- mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- mic drop — a gesture in which a person drops (or imitates the action of dropping) a handheld microphone to the ground as the finale to a speech or performance