8-letter words containing d, o, r, m
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- odometer — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- odometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of odometer.
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- oil drum — a metal drum used to contain or transport oil
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- on drums — playing drums
- ondogram — The recording produced by an ondograph.
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- overmild — too mild
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- podomere — any segment of a limb of an arthropod.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- premodel — a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
- premould — to mould in advance
- prismoid — a solid having sides that are trapezoids and bases or ends that are parallel and similar but not congruent polygons. Compare prism (def 2).
- prodomos — an open vestibule, as a pronaos.
- prodrome — a premonitory symptom.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promoted — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- prompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- queerdom — the state of being a homosexual
- racemoid — racemic
- radioman — a person who operates a radio.
- raimondi — Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- randomer — an unspecified person of no importance
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- raw mode — (operating system) A mode that allows a program to transfer bits directly to or from an I/O device without any processing, abstraction, or interpretation by the operating system. Systems that make this distinction for a disk file are generally regarded as broken. Compare rare mode, cooked mode.
- rebeldom — a region or territory controlled by rebels.
- red worm — North Central, South Midland, and Southern U.S. an earthworm.
- reformed — (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Reform Jews or Reform Judaism: a Reform rabbi.
- remodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- remolade — rémoulade.
- rhomboid — an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- road map — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
- rod mill — Metalworking. a mill for making metal rods.
- romeward — to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rosemead — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- rowdyism — rough, disorderly behavior.
- rumoured — If something is rumoured to be the case, people are suggesting that it is the case, but they do not know for certain.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.