8-letter words containing d, e, m, i, r
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- embodier — One who embodies.
- embryoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
- empaired — Simple past tense and past participle of empair.
- endermic — (medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- gordimer — Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.
- grimaced — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- immerged — Simple past tense and past participle of immerge.
- immersed — plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid.
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- infirmed — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- informed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- jeremiad — a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- limbered — Simple past tense and past participle of limber.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- maderise — become reddish
- maderize — (wine) oxidize.
- manderil — A mandrel.
- manrider — a train used to carry miners into a coal mine
- maravedi — a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
- margined — Having a margin.
- marinade — a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- medicare — (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid.
- mediocer — Obsolete form of mediocre.
- mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- memoried — having a memory (usually used in combination): short-memoried; long-memoried.
- merchild — a mythical creature with the upper body of a child and the lower body of a fish
- meredith — George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merienda — a light meal esp. in the late afternoon
- mermaids — Plural form of mermaid.
- messidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.
- mid-rise — (of a building) having a moderately large number of stories, usually five to ten, and equipped with elevators.