8-letter words containing o, r, a
- draconid — any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- 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.
- drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- draw off — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- 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.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- 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
- 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.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- drop-add — the period at the beginning of a term when students can sign up for new courses and drop courses for which they were previously registered
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- dynatron — an electron tube, usually a tetrode, that produces an oscillating current at certain frequencies
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- ear lobe — the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- ear worm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- ear-worm — a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- earholes — Plural form of earhole.
- earldoms — Plural form of earldom.
- earlobes — Plural form of earlobe.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- earworms — Plural form of earworm.
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- ecofreak — a zealous or overly zealous environmentalist or preservationist.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- edo dram — Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- elevator — A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels.