8-letter words containing t, o, a, d, r
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dog star — the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- 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.
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- 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.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- 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.
- 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
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- foredate — to antedate.
- formated — Misspelling of formatted.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- goadster — a goadsman
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- hood rat — a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area
- hot-draw — Metalworking. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- hydrator — something that hydrates.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- laudator — One who lauds.
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- loadstar — a star that shows the way.