8-letter words containing d, e, b, a, t
- d'albert — Eugen [German oi-geyn] /German ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), or Eugène [French œ-zhen] /French œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Francis Charles, 1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- database — A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- dateable — a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- 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
- dealbate — having a white exterior or covering
- deathbed — If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
- 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
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- diabetes — Diabetes is a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- diatribe — A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- drabbest — Superlative form of drab.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- dubitate — to doubt or be uncertain
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- had best — should, would be wise to
- headbutt — A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
- labiated — having a lip or lips
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- mast bed — a construction in a wooden deck around the opening for a mast.
- megadebt — An enormous debt.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- obtained — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obviated — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- pub date — publication date.
- rabbeted — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbet.
- rabbited — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbit.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- tabarded — wearing a tabard
- taberdar — a holder of a scholarship at Queen's College, Oxford
- teaboard — a tea tray
- teabread — a loaf-shaped cake that contains dried fruit which has been steeped in cold tea before baking: served sliced and buttered
- the bard — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- theobald — Lewis, 1688–1744, English author.