8-letter words containing o, r, a, e
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- creators — Plural form of creator.
- cremator — a furnace for cremating corpses
- croakers — Plural form of croaker.
- croceate — saffron-coloured
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- dago red — a cheap red wine, especially a jug wine of Italian origin.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darksome — dark or darkish
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- dogeared — (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dollared — having many dollars; wealthy
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- dream on — It isn't true