8-letter words containing d, i, e, s
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- diosmose — osmose.
- dioxides — Plural form of dioxide.
- dipodies — Plural form of dipody.
- dipsetic — Tending to produce thirst.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- direness — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- dirtiest — Superlative form of dirty.
- dirtless — Free of dirt.
- dirtside — (science fiction) On the surface of a planet or moon (i.e. not in space).
- disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- disabler — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disables — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disable.
- disabuse — to free (a person) from deception or error.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- disannex — to separate (a place or thing that was formally annexed or joined to another)
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- disbowel — (rare) To disembowel.
- disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- discased — to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- discerns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discern.
- disciple — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- disclike — resembling a disc
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- disclude — (nonstandard) To disclose, make known.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrete — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discured — Simple past tense and past participle of discure.
- discuses — Plural form of discus.
- disdaine — Obsolete spelling of disdain.
- diseased — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- diseases — Plural form of disease.
- disembed — (transitive) To remove (something) from what it is embedded in.
- disendow — to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- disenter — Obsolete form of disinter.
- disflesh — (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- disgests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgest.
- disgorge — to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgrade — (obsolete) To degrade.
- disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.