8-letter words containing d, i, e, s
- diarised — Simple past tense and past participle of diarise.
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diastase — any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- diazines — Plural form of diazine.
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- dibelius — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1883–1947, German theologian.
- dickless — (slang) Without a dick; penisless.
- dictates — authoritative commands or rules
- die stem — the South African national anthem until 1991, when part of it was incorporated into the current anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
- die-cast — formed by die casting.
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diegesis — the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters.
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- diereses — Plural form of dieresis.
- dieresis — the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
- dies non — a day on which no courts can be held.
- diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- diestrus — (in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
- diffused — Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
- diffuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diffuse.
- digested — Simple past tense and past participle of digest.
- digester — a person or thing that digests.
- digestif — a drink of brandy, liqueur, etc., taken after a meal to aid the digestion.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- digitise — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dillseed — The pungent seed of the dill plant used as a flavouring.
- diluents — Plural form of diluent.
- diluters — Plural form of diluter.
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dimerise — Alternative spelling of dimerize.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dinettes — Plural form of dinette.
- dinghies — Plural form of dinghy.
- dingiest — Superlative form of dingy.
- dinguses — Plural form of dingus.
- dinkiest — Superlative form of dinky.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dioceses — Plural form of diocese.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diogenes — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diomedes — a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
- diopside — a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.