8-letter words containing n, d, o, u
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- nudation — the process of removing coverings or garments or of causing to be bare or uncovered
- obtunded — to blunt; dull; deaden.
- omadhaun — a foolish man or boy
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- on drums — playing drums
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- oncidium — any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color.
- oppugned — Simple past tense and past participle of oppugn.
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- outbound — outward bound: an outbound freighter.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outdoing — Present participle of outdo.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlined — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
- outstand — to be prominent.
- overfund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- pound on — bang on
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- proudhon — Pierre Joseph [pyer zhaw-zef] /pyɛr ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1809–65, French socialist and writer.
- prud'hon — Pierre Paul [pyer pawl] /pyɛr pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Pierre Prudon) 1758–1823, French painter.
- pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pundonor — a point of honour
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- quadroon — a person having one-fourth black ancestry, with one black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
- quandong — an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
- queendom — the position or status of a queen.
- re-sound — to sound or cause to sound again
- reground — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- round in — to haul in on (a line)
- round on — If someone rounds on you, they criticize you fiercely and attack you with aggressive words.
- round to — to turn the bow of a vessel into the wind
- round up — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- rounders — a person or thing that rounds something.
- rounding — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.