8-letter words containing a, t, s
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distaste — dislike; disinclination.
- distopia — Misspelling of dystopia.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrail — dissipation trail.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- distrait — inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- dna test — a test of a sample of DNA to determine whether it matches particular characteristics
- dog star — the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- dog tags — a small disk or strip attached to a dog's harness or collar stating owner, home, etc.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- 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.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- dpsather — Data-parallel Sather. deterministic fine-grained parallelism. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://lynx.csis.dit.csiro.au/p/pub/ather/dpsather.papers.
- drabbest — Superlative form of drab.
- draftees — Plural form of draftee.
- drafters — Plural form of drafter.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragster — an automobile designed and built specifically for drag racing, especially on a ¼-mi. (402-meter) or ⅛-mi. (201-meter) drag strip.
- draughts — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- dust bag — the bag used in some models of vacuum cleaner for the collection of dust
- dustball — A ball of dust.
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earliest — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- earnests — Plural form of earnest.
- earthset — the apparent setting of the earth below the lunar horizon, as seen from a satellite or similar spacecraft emerging from the far side of the moon
- ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- easement — Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
- east end — a section of E London, England.
- east ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.