8-letter words containing d, a, l, t
- detailee — An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detailly — In detail.
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)
- detassel — to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- 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
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- dialytic — of or relating to dialysis.
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- didactyl — (esp of many marsupials) having the hind toes separate
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- digitals — Plural form of digital.
- dilantin — a drug, C15H11N2O2Na, used in the treatment of epileptic attacks
- dilatant — dilating; expanding.
- dilatate — dilated; broadened.
- dilating — Present participle of dilate.
- dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dilative — serving or tending to dilate.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dilutant — A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.
- displant — to dislodge.
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- distrail — dissipation trail.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dot ball — a ball from which a run is not scored
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- draftily — In a drafty manner.
- draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- ducktail — DA.
- dustball — A ball of dust.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- eastland — James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- elatedly — In an elated manner.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- elevated — Situated or placed higher than the surrounding area.
- emulated — Simple past tense and past participle of emulate.
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.