8-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i
- definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
- 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)
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- deleting — Present participle of delete.
- deletion — the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
- deligent — Archaic spelling of diligent.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- dementis — an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- demitint — (arts) That part of a painting, engraving, etc. which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- dendrite — any of the short branched threadlike extensions of a nerve cell, which conduct impulses towards the cell body
- denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
- denoting — to be a mark or sign of; indicate: A fever often denotes an infection.
- denotive — used or serving to denote; denotative.
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- denticle — a small tooth or toothlike part, such as any of the placoid scales of sharks
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dentists — Plural form of dentist.
- depeinct — to depict
- deputing — Present participle of depute.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- desinent — (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- destined — If something is destined to happen or if someone is destined to behave in a particular way, that thing seems certain to happen or be done.
- destines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destine.
- detained — Simple past tense and past participle of detain.
- detainee — A detainee is someone who is held prisoner by a government because of his or her political views or activities.
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- determin — Obsolete form of determine.
- detinues — Plural form of detinue.
- detoxing — Present participle of detox.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deuotion — Obsolete spelling of devotion.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- devoting — to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.: to devote one's time to reading.
- devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- 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.
- diactine — a sponge spicule having two rays that develop in different directions from a single point of origin
- diamante — Diamante jewellery is made from small pieces of cut glass which look like diamonds.
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- dianetic — Of or pertaining to dianetics.
- diapente — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fifth
- 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
- dignitie — Obsolete spelling of dignity.
- diketone — a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.