8-letter words containing g, o, d
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- dogwoods — Plural form of dogwood.
- dojigger — (informal) A thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
- dollying — Present participle of dolly.
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- dongting — a lake in S China, in NE Hunan province: main outlet flows to the Yangtze; rice-growing in winter. Area: (in winter) 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- doodling — a design, figure, or the like, made by idle scribbling.
- dordogne — a river in SW France, flowing W to the Gironde estuary. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- dosology — Posology; the study of dosages of drugs.
- dotingly — In a doting manner.
- dottings — Plural form of dotting.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- doughboy — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doughnut — a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- doweling — Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- doxology — a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- dragoman — (in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- droughty — dry.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- druglord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- dudgeons — Plural form of dudgeon.
- dungeons — Plural form of dungeon.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- duologue — a conversation between two persons; dialogue.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- ecolodge — A building designed to house ecotourists, typically built and supported by local labour and with respect for the environment.
- edge out — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- edgebone — aitchbone.