8-letter words containing d, e, i, r
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- dry wine — wine that is not sweet
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- editress — a woman employed in the work of editing.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- embodier — One who embodies.
- embryoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
- empaired — Simple past tense and past participle of empair.
- endbrain — (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
- endermic — (medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
- engirdle — Surround; encircle.
- enquired — Simple past tense and past participle of enquire.
- enriched — Simple past tense and past participle of enrich.
- enridged — ridged
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- eradiate — (botany) Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- erodible — Capable of eroding.
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- 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
- evildoer — A person who commits profoundly immoral and malevolent deeds.
- exfriend — One who is no longer a friend; a former friend.
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- faradize — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fernbird — Bowdleria punctata, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fervidor — Thermidor.
- fiddlers — Plural form of fiddler.
- fidgeter — a person who fidgets
- fielders — Plural form of fielder.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- 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).
- filtered — With a filter (e.g., a cigarette).