8-letter words containing d, e, t, a
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- deligate — (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- demarket — to discourage consumers from buying (a particular product), either because it is faulty or because it could jeopardize the seller's reputation
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- denature — to change the nature of
- denegate — (obsolete, transitive) To deny.
- denotate — to denote (something)
- dentally — in relation to the teeth
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentated — having teeth
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- denudate — denuded; bare
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- departee — a person who departs or has departed
- departer — a person who refines metals by separating them from alloys
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- depurant — purifying
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- deratize — to carry out the deratization of.
- derivate — derived
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- desalted — Simple past tense and past participle of desalt.
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- desecate — (obsolete) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
- deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despatch — dispatch
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
- detacher — One who or that which detaches.
- detaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach.
- detailed — A detailed report or plan contains a lot of details.
- detailee — An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detailly — In detail.
- detained — Simple past tense and past participle of detain.
- detainee — A detainee is someone who is held prisoner by a government because of his or her political views or activities.
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)