8-letter words containing m, r, a, d
- damagers — Plural form of damager.
- damanhur — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damp-dry — (of something, such as a garment, that has been drying) nearly dry but still damp
- dampener — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- darkmans — night-time
- 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)
- datagram — a self-contained unit of data transmitted in a packet-switched network
- day room — A day room is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
- dead arm — temporary loss of sensation in the arm, caused by a blow to a muscle
- decagram — dekagram
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- deermeat — Alternative spelling of deer meat.
- defamers — Plural form of defamer.
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- dekagram — ten grams, or one tenth of a hectogram (0.3527 ounce): abbrev. dag
- demander — One who demands.
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- demarked — demarcate.
- demarket — to discourage consumers from buying (a particular product), either because it is faulty or because it could jeopardize the seller's reputation
- demeaner — One who demeans.
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- demerara — a former region of what is now Guyana, on the Demerara river
- demersal — living or occurring on the bottom of a sea or a lake
- 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.
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- dermally — In a dermal way; of or to the skin.
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- dermato- — indicating skin
- diagrams — Plural form of diagram.
- diameter — The diameter of a round object is the length of a straight line that can be drawn across it, passing through the middle of it.
- diametre — Alternative form of diameter.
- diatreme — a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- diatryma — A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
- didrachm — (in ancient Greece) a silver coin worth two drachmas
- diemaker — someone who makes dies
- 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.
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- 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.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).