8-letter words containing o, d, i, u
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- dish out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- dishouse — to deprive of a home
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- disodium — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of sodium in a compound.
- disunion — a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- disvouch — to dissociate oneself from
- ditokous — producing two young or laying two eggs at a time.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- djibouti — Formerly French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas. a republic in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: a former overseas territory of France; gained independence 1977. 8492 sq. mi. (21,994 sq. km). Capital: Djibouti.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- domatium — a plant cavity inhabited by commensal insects or mites or, occasionally, microorganisms
- dominium — complete power to use, to enjoy, and to dispose of property at will.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- doupioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- douzieme — (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- du quoin — a town in SW Illinois: site of the Hambletonian.
- duettino — a duet that is brief and to the point
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- edit out — remove from text, film
- eduction — the act of educing.
- edulious — (obsolete) edible.
- emulsoid — a sol with a liquid disperse phase
- euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- fiddious — to treat (someone) as Coriolanus, in the eponymous play, treated Aufidius
- find out — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- founding — simple past tense and past participle of find.
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- gonidium — (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- hide out — British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hide-out — a hiding place, as for gangsters
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.