8-letter words containing d, e, n, r
- dendrons — Plural form of dendron.
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- dentures — Dentures are artificial teeth worn by people who no longer have all their own teeth.
- depender — (programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in w agent-oriented programming).
- deprenyl — a drug used to treat senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression, by acting as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- depurant — purifying
- deracine — uprooted
- deranged — Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
- deranger — a person or thing that deranges
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- deriding — to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- deringer — an early short-barreled pocket pistol.
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- deriving — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- desiring — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- determin — Obsolete form of determine.
- dethrone — If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deturned — Simple past tense and past participle of deturn.
- deuddarn — a type of two-tiered Welsh dresser or cupboard
- deuteron — the nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of one proton and one neutron
- deventer — an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing. Pop: 88 000 (2003 est)
- dextrine — a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dieldrin — a light tan, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , used as an insecticide: manufacture and use have been discontinued in the U.S.
- dihedron — a figure formed by two intersecting planes.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- direness — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- dirigent — directing
- diriment — causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
- discerns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discern.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- disenter — Obsolete form of disinter.
- disinter — to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- disinure — to render unaccustomed
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- diviners — Plural form of diviner.
- dniester — a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.