8-letter words containing d, e, s
- censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censused — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- cestodes — Plural form of cestode.
- chadless — (of a keypunch) not producing chads
- charades — a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- chiseled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- chowders — Plural form of chowder.
- chresard — the amount of water present in the soil that is available to plants
- chuddies — underpants
- chunders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunder.
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- closeted — If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them.
- clupeids — Plural form of clupeid.
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- cockades — Plural form of cockade.
- codeless — lacking a code
- codesign — to design jointly
- codifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codify.
- coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- coleseed — the seeds or plants of the cole
- collides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collide.
- colludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collude.
- coloreds — Plural form of colored.
- comedies — Plural form of comedy.
- comedist — a writer of comedies.
- commends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commend.
- commodes — Plural form of commode.
- compends — Plural form of compend.
- composed — If someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- concedes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concede.
- condemns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of condemn.
- condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- condoles — to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died.
- condones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of condone.
- conduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conduce.
- condyles — Plural form of condyle.
- confides — to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in): She confides in no one but her husband.
- confused — If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- consoled — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- consumed — If you are consumed with a feeling or idea, it affects you very strongly indeed.
- contends — to struggle in opposition: to contend with the enemy for control of the port.
- contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- copepods — Plural form of copepod.