8-letter words containing o, n, d, r
- go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-round — go-around (defs 2, 3).
- gondomar — Diego Sarmiento de Acuña [dye-gaw sahr-myen-taw th e ah-koo-nyah] /ˈdyɛ gɔ sɑrˈmyɛn tɔ ðɛ ɑˈku nyɑ/ (Show IPA), Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- granddog — (humorous) A dog owned by the children of someone old enough to be a grandparent; a dog that has a similar role to a grandchild.
- grandmom — (US) Grandmother.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- gridiron — a football field.
- grind on — If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- guerdons — Plural form of guerdon.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- handiron — andiron.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- honduran — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honorand — the recipient of an honor, especially an honorary university degree.
- honoured — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- horndogs — Plural form of horndog.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hounders — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- i wonder — You can say 'I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.
- in order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
- in-world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- indentor — to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.
- indevour — Obsolete spelling of endeavour.
- indictor — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- indorsed — Simple past tense and past participle of indorse.
- indorsee — a person to whom a negotiable document is endorsed.
- indorser — Alternative form of endorser.
- indorses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indorse.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.