8-letter words containing d, e, s
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- headshot — a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
- headsman — a public executioner who beheads condemned persons.
- headsmen — Plural form of headsman.
- headstay — (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
- hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- heelside — (board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helpdesk — Alternative spelling of help desk.
- hempseed — the seed of hemp, used as food for birds.
- herdless — Without a herd.
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- herdsmen — Plural form of herdsman.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
- hogshead — a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
- holdless — (climbing) Without holds (footholds and handholds).
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- hounders — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- huddlers — Plural form of huddler.
- hundreds — a cardinal number, ten times ten.
- hurdlers — Plural form of hurdler.
- hushedly — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hydrides — Plural form of hydride.
- idealess — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idealise — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idealist — a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- idiocies — utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.: All this talk of zombies coming to attack us is pure idiocy.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- idolised — Simple past tense and past participle of idolise.
- idoliser — (UK) alternative spelling of idolizer.
- idolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of idolize.
- idoneous — appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.