8-letter words containing a, c, r, o, d
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- 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.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- 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.
- drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- eurocard — A range of standard circuit board sizes. Normal double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm Extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- merodach — Marduk.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- nocardia — any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- notecard — A paper card on which notes are written, or which is intended for such use.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- odovacar — Odoacer.
- orcadian — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- ordnance — cannon or artillery.
- ostracod — seed shrimp.
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- pc board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)