8-letter words starting with DO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DO. This section showcases how DO at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| downtown | 15 | the central area or commercial center of a town or city | the heart of Birmingham's downtown |
| doorbell | 11 | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | - |
| document | 13 | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | - |
| domestic | 13 | a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | - |
| donation | 9 | act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity | - |
| download | 13 | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
| dominate | 11 | be greater in significance than | - |
| doorstep | 11 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
| doughnut | 13 | a toroidal shape | - |
| downhill | 15 | sloping down rather steeply | - |
| dominant | 11 | most frequent or common | - |
| doubting | 12 | marked by or given to doubt | - |
| doctrine | 11 | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | - |
| downfall | 15 | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | - |
| doubtful | 14 | unsettled in mind or opinion | - |
| downward | 16 | extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | the downward course of the stream |
| doomsday | 15 | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | - |
| doubling | 12 | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | - |
| doorknob | 15 | a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | - |
| doghouse | 13 | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | - |
| dominion | 11 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | - |
| donating | 10 | - | - |
| dominoes | 11 | any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | - |
| dopamine | 13 | a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension | - |
| downside | 13 | a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | there is a downside even to motherhood |
| downpour | 14 | a heavy rain | - |
| downcast | 14 | filled with melancholy and despondency | downcast after his defeat |
| doctoral | 11 | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | doctoral dissertation |
| doornail | 9 | a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors | - |
| downwind | 16 | toward the wind | - |
| downtime | 14 | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) | - |
| dogfight | 17 | disorderly fighting | - |
| dominick | 17 | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs | - |
| downsize | 21 | design or manufacture in a smaller size | the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive |
| dogmatic | 14 | characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | - |
| dossiers | 9 | - | - |
| doughboy | 18 | an American infantryman in World War I | - |
| downturn | 12 | a worsening of business or economic activity | the market took a downturn |
| doldrums | 12 | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | - |
| doolally | 12 | - | - |
| downplay | 17 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
| doorpost | 11 | a jamb for a door | - |
| domicile | 13 | make one's home in a particular place or community | - |
| doubloon | 11 | a former Spanish gold coin | - |
| dogtooth | 13 | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | - |
| dovecote | 14 | a birdhouse for pigeons | - |
| downbeat | 14 | the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | - |
| dockside | 16 | the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
| dockyard | 19 | an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
| doggedly | 15 | with obstinate determination | he pursued her doggedly |
| dovetail | 12 | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises | - |
| docility | 14 | the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable | - |
| dogsbody | 16 | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do | - |
| doorjamb | 20 | a jamb for a door | - |
| doorsill | 9 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
| doorstop | 11 | a stop that keeps open doors from moving | - |
| dormouse | 11 | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
| douching | 15 | - | - |
| doggoned | 12 | - | - |
| dolomite | 11 | a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer | - |
| doatings | 10 | - | - |
| dobchick | 22 | - | - |
| doblones | 11 | - | - |
| dochmiac | 18 | - | - |
| dochmius | 16 | - | - |
| docilely | 14 | - | - |
| docilest | 11 | - | - |
| docimasy | 16 | - | - |
| dockages | 16 | - | - |
| docketed | 16 | - | - |
| dockhand | 19 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | - |
| dockings | 16 | - | - |
| dockised | 16 | - | - |
| dockises | 15 | - | - |
| dockized | 25 | - | - |
| dockizes | 24 | - | - |
| dockland | 16 | - | - |
| docquets | 20 | - | - |
| doctored | 12 | - | - |
| doctorly | 14 | - | - |
| doctress | 11 | - | - |
| docusoap | 13 | - | - |
| doddards | 12 | - | - |
| doddered | 12 | - | - |
| dodderer | 11 | one who dodders from old age and weakness | - |
| doddiest | 11 | - | - |
| dodgiest | 11 | - | - |
| dodgings | 12 | - | - |
| dodoisms | 12 | - | - |
| doeskins | 13 | - | - |
| dogbanes | 12 | - | - |
| dogberry | 15 | - | - |
| dogbolts | 12 | - | - |
| dogcarts | 12 | - | - |
| dogeared | 11 | - | - |
| dogeates | 10 | - | - |
| dogedoms | 13 | - | - |
| dogeship | 15 | - | - |
| dogfaces | 15 | - | - |
| dogfoods | 14 | - | - |
| dogfoxes | 20 | - | - |
| doggeder | 12 | - | - |
| doggerel | 11 | a comic verse of irregular measure | he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind |
| doggiest | 11 | - | - |
| doggings | 12 | - | - |
| doggoner | 11 | - | - |
| doggones | 11 | - | - |
| doggrels | 11 | - | - |
| dogholes | 13 | - | - |
| dognaped | 13 | - | - |
| dognaper | 12 | - | - |
| dogpiles | 12 | - | - |
| dogships | 15 | - | - |
| dogshows | 16 | - | - |
| dogskins | 14 | - | - |
| dogsleds | 11 | - | - |
| dogsleep | 12 | - | - |
| dogstail | 10 | - | - |
| dogtails | 10 | - | - |
| dogteeth | 13 | - | - |
| dogtowns | 13 | - | - |
| dogtrots | 10 | - | - |
| dogvanes | 13 | - | - |
| dogwatch | 18 | either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm | - |
| dogwoods | 14 | - | - |
| doiltest | 9 | - | - |
| doitkins | 13 | - | - |
| dolcetto | 11 | - | - |
| dolerite | 9 | - | - |
| dolesome | 11 | - | - |
| dolichos | 14 | genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma | - |
| dollared | 10 | - | - |
| dolldoms | 12 | - | - |
| dollhood | 13 | - | - |
| dolliers | 9 | - | - |
| dolloped | 12 | - | - |
| dollying | 13 | - | - |
| dolmades | 12 | - | - |
| dolmenic | 13 | - | - |
| doloroso | 9 | - | - |
| dolorous | 9 | showing sorrow | - |
| dolphins | 14 | - | - |
| domainal | 11 | - | - |
| domaines | 11 | - | - |
| domanial | 11 | - | - |
| domatium | 13 | a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi | - |
| domelike | 15 | - | - |
| domesday | 15 | - | - |
| domicils | 13 | - | - |
| domineer | 11 | rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | - |
| dominees | 11 | - | - |
| dominies | 11 | - | - |
| dominium | 13 | - | - |
| donaries | 9 | - | - |
| donatary | 12 | - | - |
| donatism | 11 | a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments | - |
| donative | 12 | - | - |
| donators | 9 | - | - |
| donatory | 12 | - | - |
| dondered | 11 | - | - |
| donegals | 10 | - | - |
| doneness | 9 | - | - |
| dongolas | 10 | - | - |
| donnered | 10 | - | - |
| donniker | 13 | - | - |
| donnisms | 11 | - | - |
| donships | 14 | - | - |
| donsiest | 9 | - | - |
| donutted | 10 | - | - |
| doobreys | 14 | - | - |
| doobries | 11 | - | - |
| doodlers | 10 | - | - |
| doodling | 11 | - | - |
| doofuses | 12 | - | - |
| doomiest | 11 | - | - |
| doomsman | 13 | - | - |
| doomsmen | 13 | - | - |
| doomster | 11 | - | - |
| doorcase | 11 | the frame that supports a door | - |
| doorless | 9 | - | - |
| doorlike | 13 | - | - |
| doormats | 11 | - | - |
| doorsman | 11 | - | - |
| doorsmen | 11 | - | - |
| doorways | 15 | - | - |
| dooryard | 13 | a yard outside the front or rear door of a house | - |
| dopattas | 11 | - | - |
| dopehead | 15 | - | - |
| dopester | 11 | - | - |
| dopiazas | 20 | - | - |
| dopiness | 11 | - | - |
| doppings | 14 | - | - |
| dorhawks | 19 | - | - |
| doridoid | 11 | - | - |
| dorising | 10 | - | - |
| dorizing | 19 | - | - |
| dorkiest | 13 | - | - |
| dorlachs | 14 | - | - |
| dormancy | 16 | quiet and inactive restfulness | - |
| dormants | 11 | - | - |
| dormered | 12 | - | - |
| dormient | 11 | - | - |
| dornecks | 15 | - | - |
| dornicks | 15 | - | - |
| dornocks | 15 | - | - |
| dorsally | 12 | in a dorsal location or direction | - |
| dortiest | 9 | - | - |
| dortours | 9 | - | - |
| dosology | 13 | - | - |
| dosseret | 9 | - | - |
| dotardly | 13 | - | - |
| dotation | 9 | - | - |
| dotingly | 13 | - | - |
| dotterel | 9 | rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia | - |
| dottiest | 9 | - | - |
| dottlest | 9 | - | - |
| dottrels | 9 | - | - |
| douanier | 9 | - | - |
| doublers | 11 | - | - |
| doublets | 11 | - | - |
| doublure | 11 | - | - |
| doubters | 11 | - | - |
| douceurs | 11 | - | - |
| doucines | 11 | - | - |
| doughier | 13 | - | - |
| douleias | 9 | - | - |
| doupioni | 11 | - | - |
| dourines | 9 | - | - |
| dourness | 9 | - | - |
| douzeper | 20 | - | - |
| dovecots | 14 | - | - |
| dovekeys | 19 | - | - |
| dovekies | 16 | - | - |
| dovelets | 12 | - | - |
| dovelike | 16 | - | - |
| dovening | 13 | - | - |
| dovering | 13 | - | - |
| dovishly | 18 | - | - |
| dowagers | 13 | - | - |
| dowdiest | 13 | - | - |
| dowdyish | 19 | - | - |
| dowdyism | 18 | - | - |
| doweling | 13 | fastening by dowels | - |
| dowelled | 13 | - | - |
| doweries | 12 | - | - |
| dowering | 13 | - | - |
| dowfness | 15 | - | - |
| dowlases | 12 | - | - |
| dowliest | 12 | - | - |
| downbows | 17 | - | - |
| downcome | 16 | - | - |
| downflow | 18 | - | - |
| downhaul | 15 | - | - |
| downhole | 15 | - | - |
| downiest | 12 | - | - |
| downland | 13 | - | - |
| downless | 12 | - | - |
| downlike | 16 | like down or as soft as down | - |
| downlink | 16 | - | - |
| downlows | 15 | - | - |
| downmost | 14 | - | - |
| downpipe | 16 | - | - |
| downrate | 12 | - | - |
| downrush | 15 | - | - |
| downspin | 14 | a swift and dangerous downturn | - |
| downtick | 18 | a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction | - |
| downtrod | 13 | - | - |
| downvote | 15 | - | - |
| downwarp | 17 | - | - |
| downwash | 18 | - | - |
| downzone | 21 | - | - |
| dowsabel | 14 | - | - |
| dowsings | 13 | - | - |
| doxapram | 20 | - | - |
| doxastic | 18 | - | - |
| doxology | 20 | a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God | - |
| doyennes | 12 | - | - |
| dozening | 19 | - | - |
| dozenths | 21 | - | - |
| doziness | 18 | - | - |
