8-letter words containing d, i, e
- daladier — Édouard (edwar). 1884–1970, French radical socialist statesman; premier of France (1933; 1934; 1938–40) and signatory of the Munich Pact (1938)
- daliance — Obsolete spelling of dalliance.
- damietta — a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre
- danaides — the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom
- danielle — a feminine name
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- darraine — clear of guilt
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
- daysides — Plural form of dayside.
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- de dicto — relating to the expression of a belief, possibility, etc, rather than to the individuals mentioned, as in the number of the planets is the number of satellites of the sun, the truth of which is independent of what number that is
- de kruif — Paul (Henry)1890-1971; U.S. bacteriologist & writer
- de mille — Cecil B(lount). 1881–1959, US film producer and director
- de stijl — a group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, including Mondrian and van Doesburg, devoted to neoplasticism and then dada
- de vinne — Theodore Low, 1828–1914, U.S. printer.
- de vries — Hugo (ˈhyːxoː). 1848–1935, Dutch botanist, who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution
- de-icing — the activity of removing ice or preventing its formation
- de-orbit — the act of leaving orbit
- dead air — the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
- deadlier — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
- deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- deadrise — the angle with the horizontal made by the outboard rise of the bottom of a vessel at the widest frame.
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
- debitage — lithic debris and discards found at the sites where stone tools and weapons were made.
- debiting — the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debitors — a debtor.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- deboning — to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.
- debriefs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debrief.
- debrises — the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble: the debris of buildings after an air raid.
- debruise — to overlay or partly cover with an ordinary
- debuting — a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- decaling — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decating — a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.