8-letter words containing m, a, d, o
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- commando — A commando is a group of soldiers who have been specially trained to carry out surprise attacks.
- commands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- compadre — a male friend
- compared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimones — disembodied souls
- daimonic — daemon.
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damehood — The fact or condition of being a dame.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damnfool — (informal) Contemptibly foolish.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- damp off — (of plants, seedlings, shoots, etc) to be affected by damping off
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- darkroom — A darkroom is a room which can be sealed off from natural light and is lit only by red light. It is used for developing photographs.
- darksome — dark or darkish
- dartmoor — a moorland plateau in SW England, in SW Devon: a national park since 1951. Area: 945 sq km (365 sq miles)
- day mode — phase
- day room — A day room is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- 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.
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- demonian — of, relating to, or resembling a demon
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- dermato- — indicating skin
- devo max — an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it
- diamonds — one of the four suits in an ordinary pack of cards bearing red lozenge-shapes symbols
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- diatomic — containing two atoms
- dimaggio — Joseph Paul ("Joe"; "Joltin' Joe") 1914–1999, U.S. baseball player.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.