8-letter words containing d, e, c, r
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrete — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discured — Simple past tense and past participle of discure.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- diuretic — increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.
- divorced — Cut off, or separated.
- divorcee — a divorced woman.
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- doctored — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- douceurs — Plural form of douceur.
- dracaena — any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.
- drenched — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- drencher — One who, or that which, drenches.
- drenches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drench.
- droschke — Alternative form of droshky.
- drscheme — (Scheme) A popular Scheme implementation from the PLT team at Rice University.
- dry cell — a cell in which the electrolyte exists in the form of a paste, is absorbed in a porous medium, or is otherwise restrained from flowing.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- durocher — Leo Ernest ("The Lip") 1905–91, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- ectoderm — the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- embraced — Hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection.
- encradle — to put in a cradle
- endarchy — a central government
- endermic — (medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- enforced — Caused by necessity or force ; compulsory.
- enriched — Simple past tense and past participle of enrich.
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- escorted — With or having an escort.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- eurocard — A range of standard circuit board sizes. Normal double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm Extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm
- eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
- exceeder — One who, or that which, exceeds.
- excluder — Something which excludes.
- excreted — Simple past tense and past participle of excrete.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- federacy — a confederacy.
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- forcedly — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
- foredeck — the fore part of a weather deck, especially between a bridge house or superstructure and a forecastle superstructure.