8-letter words containing s, a, d, o
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- dolmades — Plural form of dolmade.
- domesday — doomsday.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- doomsday — the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dorsalis — dorsal1 .
- dorsally — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- earldoms — Plural form of earldom.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- fondants — Plural form of fondant.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forwards — forward.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- gadzooks — An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.