8-letter words containing d, a, c, t
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- decadent — If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
- decanted — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decanter — A decanter is a glass container that you use for serving wine, sherry, or port.
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- decating — a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- dedicant — a person who devotes or dedicates
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- defecate — When people and animals defecate, they get rid of waste matter from their body through their anus.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- 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.
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- desecate — (obsolete) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
- despatch — dispatch
- detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
- detacher — One who or that which detaches.
- detaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach.
- dethatch — to remove dead grass from (a lawn)
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.
- diabatic — occurring with an exchange of heat (opposed to adiabatic): a diabatic process.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- diactine — a sponge spicule having two rays that develop in different directions from a single point of origin
- diagetic — Misspelling of diegetic.
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- dialytic — of or relating to dialysis.
- dianetic — Of or pertaining to dianetics.
- diatomic — containing two atoms
- diatonic — of, relating to, or based upon any scale of five tones and two semitones produced by playing the white keys of a keyboard instrument, esp the natural major or minor scales forming the basis of the key system in Western music
- dicacity — a teasing and cheeky way of talking
- dication — (chemistry) Any cation, of general formula X2+, formed by the removal of two electrons from a neutral species.
- 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
- dictated — to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary.
- dictates — authoritative commands or rules
- 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.
- dictynna — an ancient Cretan goddess of the sea.
- didactic — Something that is didactic is intended to teach people something, especially a moral lesson.
- didactyl — (esp of many marsupials) having the hind toes separate
- die-cast — formed by die casting.
- diffract — to break up or bend by diffraction.
- discants — Plural form of discant.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- ditactic — (chemistry) Describing a tactic polymer that contains two sites of defined stereoisomerism in each repeat unit.