8-letter words containing d, e, s
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- drscheme — (Scheme) A popular Scheme implementation from the PLT team at Rice University.
- druggies — Plural form of druggie.
- drugless — being without the use of drugs, as certain methods of medical treatment.
- druidess — a female member of the Druids.
- drum set — kit consisting of several drums
- drummers — Plural form of drummer.
- drunkest — Superlative form of drunk.
- druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- ds level — (communications) (Digital Signal or Data Service level) Originally an AT&T classification of transmitting one or more voice conversations in one digital data stream. The best known DS levels are DS0 (a single conversation), DS1 (24 conversations multiplexed), DS1C, DS2, and DS3. By extension, the DS level can refer to the raw data rate necessary for transmission: DS0 64 Kb/s DS1 1.544 Mb/s DS1C 3.15 Mb/s DS2 6.31 Mb/s DS3 44.736 Mb/s DS4 274.1 Mb/s (where K and M signify multiplication by 1000 and 1000000, rather than powers of two). In this sense it can be used to measure of data service rates classifying the user access rates for various point-to-point WAN technologies or standards (e.g. X.25, SMDS, ISDN, ATM, PDH). Japan uses the US standards for DS0 through DS2 but Japanese DS5 has roughly the circuit capacity of US DS4, while the European standards are rather different (see E1). In the US all of the transmission rates are integral multiples of 8000 bits per second but rates above DS1 are not necessarily integral multiples of 1,544 kb/s.
- du sable — Jean Baptiste Pointe [zhahn ba-teest pwant] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.
- dual-use — dual-purpose; specif., designating or of machinery, technology, etc. having both civilian and military applications
- duchesse — a daybed having a rounded, partially enclosed head and usually a similar foot, sometimes made in two or three pieces able to be used separately (duchesse brisée)
- ductless — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- dudettes — Plural form of dudette.
- dudgeons — Plural form of dudgeon.
- duelists — Plural form of duelist.
- duellist — a person who participates in a duel.
- duelsome — having a propensity for duelling
- dukeship — the position or status of a duke
- dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- dumbells — Plural form of dumbell.
- dumbness — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dumbsize — (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
- dumetose — (botany) dumose.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dumpsite — dump (def 17).
- dumpster — a large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
- dungeons — Plural form of dungeon.
- duplexes — Plural form of duplex.
- duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- duressor — a person who subjects another to duress.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dustiest — Superlative form of dusty.
- dustless — Free of dust.
- dustlike — Resembling dust.
- dutches' — of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- dutchess — Archaic spelling of duchess.
- dutiless — Without duties.
- duxelles — a mixture of finely diced mushrooms, shallots and parsley, or other herbs, used to flavour dishes
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- dwellers — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- dyestuff — a material yielding or used as a dye.