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8-letter words containing o, d, i

  • broodily — in a broody manner
  • brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
  • build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
  • calicoed — dressed in calico.
  • calycoid — resembling a calyx
  • cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
  • cameloid — a member of the camel family
  • camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
  • cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
  • canopied — A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles.
  • caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
  • cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
  • carotids — Plural form of carotid.
  • catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
  • cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
  • caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
  • cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
  • cd-video — a compact-disc player that, when connected to a television and hi-fi, produces high-quality stereo sound and synchronized pictures from a disc resembling a large compact audio disc
  • centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
  • ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
  • cercopid — any small leaping herbivorous homopterous insect of the family Cercopidae; a froghopper
  • chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
  • chiefdom — a graded social group led by a chief whose position the chief usually accedes to
  • chilidog — A hot dog made with chili con carne.
  • chilopod — any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, which includes the centipedes
  • chlodwig — German name of Clovis I.
  • chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
  • choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
  • chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
  • chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
  • chondrin — a resilient translucent bluish-white substance that forms the matrix of cartilage
  • chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
  • choreoid — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
  • chorioid — choroid
  • choroids — Plural form of choroid.
  • chromide — any fish of the family Cichlidae
  • cleidoic — isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
  • clifford — a masculine name: dim. Cliff
  • cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
  • clorinda — a female given name.
  • clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
  • cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
  • cloudily — In a cloudy way.
  • clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
  • cnidocil — a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.
  • co-drive — to take alternate turns driving (a vehicle) with another person
  • coadmire — to admire together
  • cocamide — A mixture of amides of the fatty acids obtained from coconut oil, used in many surfactants.
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