8-letter words containing d, e, s, t
- deserter — A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
- desertic — (of soil) developing in hot, dry climates
- desilted — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- desilter — A desilter is a device, usually a hydrocyclone, at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- desinent — (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- desirest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'desire'.
- desireth — Archaic third-person singular form of desire.
- desisted — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
- desknote — a computer that is similar in size to a notebook computer, but is designed to remain stationary, like a desktop computer
- desktops — Plural form of desktop.
- desmitis — inflammation of a ligament.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despatch — dispatch
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- desserts — Plural form of dessert.
- desterro — former name of Florianópolis.
- 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.
- destress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- destrier — a war horse; charger
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- destruct — to destroy (one's own missile or rocket) for safety
- detaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach.
- detassel — to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids
- deterges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deterge.
- detested — to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- detester — Someone who detests, a hater.
- detinues — Plural form of detinue.
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- detritus — Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.
- detrusor — a muscle in the wall of the bladder
- deutzias — Plural form of deutzia.
- devasted — Simple past tense and past participle of devast.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- deviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate.
- devotees — Plural form of devotee.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous
- diabetes — Diabetes is a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood.
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- diastase — any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart