8-letter words containing d, e, i, n, o
- diketone — a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- dine out — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- diogenes — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diogenic — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diolefin — diene.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- disendow — to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- disowned — Simple past tense and past participle of disown.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dolmenic — of or relating to a dolmen
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- domineer — Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- 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.
- dopiness — The characteristic of being dopey.
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- doweling — Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downlike — having the quality or characteristics of feathers or down
- downline — Alternative spelling of down line.
- downpipe — downspout.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- doziness — The state of being dozy.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- duettino — a duet that is brief and to the point
- ebonized — Simple past tense and past participle of ebonize.
- echinoid — belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.
- editions — Plural form of edition.
- eduction — the act of educing.
- eidolons — Plural form of eidolon.
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- endozoic — (of a plant) living within an animal
- endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
- endymion — a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him
- enjoined — Simple past tense and past participle of enjoin.
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- forewind — a favourable wind