8-letter words containing s, a, n, o, d
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- fondants — Plural form of fondant.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- hands on — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- hollands — John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- monadism — the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- monardas — Plural form of monarda.
- mordants — Plural form of mordant.
- mossland — a land covered in peat
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- novi sad — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- odonates — Plural form of odonate.
- odorants — Plural form of odorant.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.