8-letter words containing d, a, t, e
- dateless — likely to remain fashionable, relevant, or interesting regardless of age; timeless
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- daughter — Someone's daughter is their female child.
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- daytaler — a worker who is appointed and paid on a daily basis
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- 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.
- dead set — absolutely
- deadbeat — If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
- deaerate — to take air out of (something)
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
- dealbate — having a white exterior or covering
- deathbed — If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
- deathday — the day or the anniversary of the day of a person's death.
- deathful — characterized by or causing death
- debaters — Plural form of debater.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- debitage — lithic debris and discards found at the sites where stone tools and weapons were made.
- debutant — a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team
- 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.
- deep fat — cooking oil or fat that is deep enough in the pan to cover food that is to be deep-fried
- deermeat — Alternative spelling of deer meat.
- 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.
- 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.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.