8-letter words containing d, e, i
- dye-line — a contact print of a line drawing, giving brown lines on an off-white background.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslexic — a person subject to or having dyslexia.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- eastside — (US) The east side of a district or city.
- eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- ebb tide — the reflux of the tide or the tide at ebb; ebb.
- ebonized — Simple past tense and past participle of ebonize.
- echidnae — Plural form of echidna.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- echinoid — belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- eclipsed — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- edgehill — a ridge in S Warwickshire: site of the indecisive first battle between Charles I and the Parliamentarians (1642) in the Civil War
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edginess — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- edifices — Plural form of edifice.
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- edit out — remove from text, film
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- editions — Plural form of edition.
- editress — a woman employed in the work of editing.
- edmund i — a.d. 921?–946, English king 940–946.
- educible — Able to be elicited or evoked.
- eduction — the act of educing.
- eductive — educing; serving to educe.
- edulious — (obsolete) edible.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- effendis — Plural form of effendi.
- eidolons — Plural form of eidolon.
- el obeid — a city in the central Sudan, in Kordofan province: scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi (1883). Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- 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.
- elegized — Simple past tense and past participle of elegize.
- elicited — Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
- elitedom — The realm or sphere of the elite.
- eludible — able to be eluded
- elytroid — like an elytron
- embodied — Be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).
- embodier — One who embodies.
- embodies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embody.