8-letter words containing a, d, r, i
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diatreme — a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- diatribe — A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
- diatryma — A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- 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)
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- 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.
- didapper — a little grebe or dabchick
- didrachm — (in ancient Greece) a silver coin worth two drachmas
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- die-hard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- diemaker — someone who makes dies
- diffract — to break up or bend by diffraction.
- digerati — People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology.
- digirati — digerati
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- dihedral — having or formed by two planes.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- diredawa — a city in E Ethiopia.
- dirt bag — Slang. a filthy or contemptible person.
- dirtbags — Plural form of dirtbag.
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.
- disabler — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- discards — Plural form of discard.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgrade — (obsolete) To degrade.
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dishrags — Plural form of dishrag.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- dispread — to spread out