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8-letter words containing d, a, f

  • dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
  • 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.
  • deadbeef — (convention, storage)   /ded-beef/ The hexadecimal pattern used to fill words of freshly allocated memory under a number of IBM environments including the RS/6000; equal to decimal 3,735,928,559 (unsigned) or -559,038,737 (32-bit signed). As in "Your program is DEADBEEF" (meaning gone, aborted, flushed from memory).
  • deadfall — a type of trap, used esp for catching large animals, in which a heavy weight falls to crush the prey
  • deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
  • deafened — Simple past tense and past participle of deafen.
  • deafness — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
  • dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
  • dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
  • deathful — characterized by or causing death
  • deep fat — cooking oil or fat that is deep enough in the pan to cover food that is to be deep-fried
  • defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
  • defamers — Plural form of defamer.
  • defaming — to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
  • defanged — to remove the fangs of: to defang a snake.
  • defatted — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
  • defaults — Plural form of default.
  • defeated — having suffered defeat; beaten
  • defeater — to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
  • defecate — When people and animals defecate, they get rid of waste matter from their body through their anus.
  • deferral — Deferral means the same as deferment.
  • defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
  • defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
  • defilade — protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
  • definate — Misspelling of definite.
  • deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism
  • deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
  • deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
  • deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
  • defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
  • defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
  • defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
  • defrayed — to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.): The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
  • denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
  • deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
  • diffract — to break up or bend by diffraction.
  • disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • dog flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
  • dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
  • dollface — a person having a smooth, unblemished complexion and small, regular features.
  • downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
  • draffish — resembling draff
  • draftees — Plural form of draftee.
  • drafters — Plural form of drafter.
  • draftily — In a drafty manner.
  • drafting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
  • draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
  • draw off — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
  • dreamful — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
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