8-letter words containing d, y, o
- cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
- calycoid — resembling a calyx
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- co derry — County Londonderry
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- cockeyed — If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
- codology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- coembody — to embody jointly
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- condyles — Plural form of condyle.
- conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of convoy.
- copydesk — desk where newspaper copy is edited
- copyedit — to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
- copyhold — a tenure less than freehold of land in England evidenced by a copy of the Court roll
- copyread — to subedit
- corduroy — Corduroy is thick cotton cloth with parallel raised lines on the outside.
- cotyloid — shaped like a cup
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- cowardry — Lb uncommon Cowardice.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- cry down — to belittle; disparage
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- cycloids — Plural form of cycloid.
- cynodont — a carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the late Permian and Triassic periods, whose specialized teeth were well developed
- dactylo- — finger or toe
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- day mode — phase
- day room — A day room is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- daybooks — Plural form of daybook.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- deletory — something that deletes or erases
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- demagogy — You can refer to a method of political rule as demagogy if you disapprove of it because you think it involves appealing to people's emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demology — the study of human populations, activities, and behaviour
- denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
- deployed — Simple past tense and past participle of deploy.
- deployer — a person or thing that deploys
- derisory — If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- didymous — in pairs or in two parts