8-letter words containing d, e, i
- defiling — Present participle of defile.
- definate — Misspelling of definite.
- definers — Plural form of definer.
- defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
- defriend — to remove (a person) from the list of one's friends on a social networking website
- defusing — Present participle of defuse.
- defusion — separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- dehisced — Simple past tense and past participle of dehisce.
- dehisces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce.
- deianira — a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules. She unintentionally killed Hercules by dipping his tunic in the poisonous blood of the Centaur Nessus, thinking it to be a love charm
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- deicides — Plural form of deicide.
- deictics — Logic. proving directly.
- deifying — Present participle of deify.
- deighton — Len. born 1929, British thriller writer. His books include The Ipcress File (1962), Bomber (1970), and the trilogy Berlin Game, Mexico Set, and London Match (1983–85)
- deigning — to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend: He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.
- deionise — Alternative spelling of deionize.
- deionize — to remove ions from (water) by the use of cation and anion exchangers
- del city — a city in central Oklahoma.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- deleting — Present participle of delete.
- deletion — the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
- deletive — intended to destroy or remove
- delhiite — a native or inhabitant of Delhi
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- deligate — (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- deligent — Archaic spelling of diligent.
- delights — Plural form of delight.
- delimits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delimit.
- delinked — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
- delirium — If someone is suffering from delirium, they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delisted — Simple past tense and past participle of delist.
- delivers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliver.
- delivery — Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- delphine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
- deltoids — Plural form of deltoid.
- deluding — Present participle of delude.
- deluging — Present participle of deluge.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- delusive — tending to delude; misleading
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- dementis — an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- demerits — Plural form of demerit.