8-letter words containing h, a, d
- didrachm — (in ancient Greece) a silver coin worth two drachmas
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- die-hard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- dihedral — having or formed by two planes.
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- dishabit — to dislodge
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dishrags — Plural form of dishrag.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- dohnanyi — Ernst von [ernst fuh n] /ɛrnst fən/ (Show IPA), or Ernő [er-nœ] /ˈɛr nœ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1960, Hungarian pianist and composer in the U.S.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- dopehead — a drug addict.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dpsather — Data-parallel Sather. deterministic fine-grained parallelism. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://lynx.csis.dit.csiro.au/p/pub/ather/dpsather.papers.
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- drachmas — Plural form of drachma.
- draffish — resembling draff
- drammach — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- draughts — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughty — characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- 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.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- drumhead — the membrane stretched upon a drum.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- dumbhead — blockhead.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dutchman — a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin