8-letter words containing n, o, r
- downtrod — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- downward — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- draconic — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draconid — any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragoman — (in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- dream on — It isn't true
- drink to — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- drnovsek — Janez . 1950–2008, Slovenian politician, president of Slovenia (2002–07)
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- dromonds — Plural form of dromond.
- drone on — talk boringly
- drone-on — to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- dropdown — (computing, GUI, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dropzone — The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
- drownded — Simple past tense and past participle of drownd.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- drummond — Henry, 1851–97, Scottish clergyman and writer.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- duntroon — a suburb of Canberra: seat of the Royal Military College of Australia
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- dynatron — an electron tube, usually a tetrode, that produces an oscillating current at certain frequencies
- e region — the region of the ionosphere in which the E layer forms.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- electron — A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- elsinore — Helsingør
- emersion — The process or state of emerging from or being out of water after being submerged.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- en route — on the way
- enamored — Totally in love.
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- enarmour — To clothe with protective coverings.
- enchoric — Alternative form of enchorial.
- encierro — the Spanish bull-run, in which bulls are driven through streets to a bullring