8-letter words containing g, t, d
- 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)
- dotingly — In a doting manner.
- dottings — Plural form of dotting.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- 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.
- drafting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- 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.
- draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragster — an automobile designed and built specifically for drag racing, especially on a ¼-mi. (402-meter) or ⅛-mi. (201-meter) drag strip.
- dratting — to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- draughts — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughty — characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- drifting — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- droughty — dry.
- druggist — a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
- duetting — turn-taking by two birds in the execution of a song pattern.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- dust bag — the bag used in some models of vacuum cleaner for the collection of dust
- dust gun — a hand-operated device for spraying pesticide or dusting plants.
- dustings — Plural form of dusting.
- edge out — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- exegeted — Simple past tense and past participle of exegete.
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- fidgeted — to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
- fidgeter — a person who fidgets
- flagstad — Kirsten Marie [kur-stuh n muh-ree;; Norwegian khish-tuh n mah-ree-uh,, khir-stuh n] /ˈkɜr stən məˈri;; Norwegian ˈxɪʃ tən mɑˈri ə,, ˈxɪr stən/ (Show IPA), 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano.
- flighted — the act, manner, or power of flying.
- frighted — Simple past tense and past participle of fright.
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gaitered — wearing gaiters
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garreted — having a garret or garrets
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gartered — Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gathered — Simple past tense and past participle of gather.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gazetted — a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers): The Phoenix Gazette.
- gelidity — The state or quality of being gelid.
- gemmated — Having buds.