8-letter words containing o, r, d, i, n
- doornail — a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- dornbirn — a city in W Austria, in Vorarlberg. Pop: 42 301 (2001)
- dornicks — Plural form of dornick.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- draconic — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- 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.
- drink to — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drowning — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- forewind — a favourable wind
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- frondizi — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–1995, Argentine lawyer and political leader; president of Argentina 1958–62.
- giordano — Luca [loo-kuh;; Italian loo-kah] /ˈlu kə;; Italian ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Luca Fapresto") 1632–1705, Italian painter.
- 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.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- handiron — andiron.
- 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.
- 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.
- informed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.