8-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- defeater — to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- demarket — to discourage consumers from buying (a particular product), either because it is faulty or because it could jeopardize the seller's reputation
- 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.
- denature — to change the nature of
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- departee — a person who departs or has departed
- departer — a person who refines metals by separating them from alloys
- depurant — purifying
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- deratize — to carry out the deratization of.
- derivate — derived
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- detacher — One who or that which detaches.
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- detraque — insane person
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- diameter — The diameter of a round object is the length of a straight line that can be drawn across it, passing through the middle of it.
- diametre — Alternative form of diameter.
- diarists — Plural form of diarist.
- 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.
- 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.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- diffract — to break up or bend by diffraction.
- digerati — People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology.
- digirati — digerati
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dirt bag — Slang. a filthy or contemptible person.
- dirtbags — Plural form of dirtbag.
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.
- 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.