8-letter words containing d, e, a, n
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- dracaena — any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.
- dragline — a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- drainage — the act or process of draining.
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dreading — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- dream on — It isn't true
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drearing — sorrow; grief
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- dudevant — Madame Amandine Lucile Aurore [French a-mahn-deen ly-seel oh-rawr] /French a mɑ̃ˈdin lüˈsil oʊˈrɔr/ (Show IPA), Sand, George.
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- duneland — a tract of land dominated by sand dunes, often bordering on a beach.
- dungaree — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- dunkable — (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- duodenal — of or relating to the duodenum.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- ear band — a small ornament worn on the rim of the ear, shaped so as to grip the rim gently instead of piercing or squeezing it.
- east end — a section of E London, England.
- eastland — James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- echidnae — Plural form of echidna.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- edentate — belonging or pertaining to the Edentata, an order of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines in the arrangement of teeth and comprising the armadillos, the sloths, and the South American anteaters.
- emanated — (of something abstract but perceptible) Issue or spread out from (a source).
- embanked — Simple past tense and past participle of embank.
- emendals — funds put aside for repairs
- emendate — (obsolete) emended, corrected, restored.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- en garde — ready to defend oneself