8-letter words containing d, r, o, i, t
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- fort dix — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in S central New Jersey, NNE of Mount Holly.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- indentor — to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.
- 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.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- intorted — twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound: intorted horns.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- iodyrite — a mineral, AgI, that is a naturally occurring form of silver iodide, is yellowish or greenish in colour, is found in parts of Central and South America, and is hexagonal in shape
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- microdot — a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.
- midstory — the layer of vegetation in a forest that consists of those trees whose height is in between the heights of the smallest and tallest trees
- mortised — a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- ordinant — a line parallel to the y-axis or a distance of one point from the x-axis
- ordinate — Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- oribatid — a mite of the family Oribatoidea
- oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outdrive — Drive a golf ball farther than (another player).
- outrider — a mounted attendant riding before or beside a carriage.
- outrides — Plural form of outride.
- outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
- overedit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pityroid — scaly; resembling bran.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- portside — situated on the port side
- proditor — a traitor
- radiator — a person or thing that radiates.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- retinoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- ride out — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- sistroid — contained between the convex sides of two intersecting curves
- steroids — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- strijdom — Johannes Gerhardus (joˈhanəs ɡeːrˈhɑːdəs). 1893–1958, South African statesman; prime minister (1954–58)