8-letter words containing d, a, s
- dorsally — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- 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.
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- drabbles — Plural form of drabble.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- drachmas — Plural form of drachma.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- draffish — resembling draff
- draftees — Plural form of draftee.
- drafters — Plural form of drafter.
- draggers — Plural form of dragger.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dragsman — a person who drives a carriage or drag
- dragster — an automobile designed and built specifically for drag racing, especially on a ¼-mi. (402-meter) or ⅛-mi. (201-meter) drag strip.
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- draughts — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- dreamers — Plural form of dreamer.
- dressage — haute école (def 1).
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- du sable — Jean Baptiste Pointe [zhahn ba-teest pwant] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.
- dual-use — dual-purpose; specif., designating or of machinery, technology, etc. having both civilian and military applications
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dullards — Plural form of dullard.
- dumb-ass — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- 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.