8-letter words containing o, g, d, a
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- 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.
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- drogoman — Alternative form of dragoman.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- fandango — a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- gadzooks — An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gammoned — Simple past tense and past participle of gammon.
- gamodeme — an isolated breeding population
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- gavotted — Simple past tense and past participle of gavotte.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.