8-letter words containing d, e, s
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- nosedive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- nuclides — Plural form of nuclide.
- nudeness — Nudity.
- nutsedge — An invasive sedge with small edible nutlike tubers.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- obelised — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obsessed — having an obsession (usually followed by with or by): He is obsessed with eliminating guilt.
- obtrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtrude.
- occludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occlude.
- oddities — an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
- oddments — an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.
- odonates — Plural form of odonate.
- odorless — the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell: to have an unpleasant odor.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- odysseus — king of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey: shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War.
- odysseys — Plural form of odyssey.
- oersteds — Plural form of oersted.
- offsider — an assistant or helper.
- oilseeds — Plural form of oilseed.
- old rose — rose color with a purplish or grayish cast.
- old shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old west — the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the 19th century.
- old-shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- onesided — Biased, only showing one side or point of view on an argument.
- oostende — a seaport in NW Belgium.
- openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- ossified — hardened like or into bone.
- outdates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdate.
- outdress — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- outrides — Plural form of outride.
- outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
- outsides — Plural form of outside.
- outsized — Of an unusually large size.
- outslide — (poetic) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
- outspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
- overdoes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdo.
- overdogs — Plural form of overdog.
- overdose — An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- overdust — to dust too much