8-letter words containing o, c, i, d
- mic-drop — the act of intentionally dropping one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.
- microdot — a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- miscoded — to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- monoacid — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mucinoid — any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
- nocardia — any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.
- noctuoid — a member of the family of moths Noctuidae
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- octopoid — of or like an octopus
- odically — In terms of the hypothetical force called od.
- old nick — the devil; Satan.
- omnicode — Thompson, 1956. Ran on IBM 650.
- oncidium — any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color.
- oniscoid — of or similar to woodlice
- orcadian — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- orchido- — testicle
- outchide — to exceed in chiding
- ovicidal — a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- oxidasic — relating to enzymes that catalyse oxidation
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- pickford — Mary (Gladys Marie Smith) 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.
- pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- racemoid — racemic
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- rip cord — a cord on a parachute that, when pulled, opens the parachute for descent.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- schizoid — Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- scincoid — of, relating to, or resembling a skink.