8-letter words containing d, i, m, e
- demonise — to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
- demonish — Like or characterisic of a demon; demonic.
- demonism — belief in the existence and power of demons
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- demonize — If people demonize someone, they convince themselves that that person is evil.
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- demyship — a type of scholarship awarded at Magdalen College, Oxford
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- desmitis — inflammation of a ligament.
- determin — Obsolete form of determine.
- devildom — the rule or power of the devil or devils
- devilism — a characteristic of the devil; behaviour proper to the devil
- diademed — Simple past tense and past participle of diadem.
- diamante — Diamante jewellery is made from small pieces of cut glass which look like diamonds.
- diameter — The diameter of a round object is the length of a straight line that can be drawn across it, passing through the middle of it.
- diametre — Alternative form of diameter.
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- diatreme — a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- diazepam — a chemical compound used as a minor tranquillizer and muscle relaxant and to treat acute epilepsy. Formula: C16H13ClN2O
- die game — to die bravely and still fighting
- die stem — the South African national anthem until 1991, when part of it was incorporated into the current anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
- diemaker — someone who makes dies
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dilemmic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- dimbleby — Richard. 1913–65, British broadcaster
- dime bag — a packet containing an amount of an illegal drug selling for ten dollars.
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dimented — Misspelling of demented.
- dimentia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dimerise — Alternative spelling of dimerize.
- dimerize — Combine with a similar molecule to form a dimer.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dimethyl — ethane.
- dimetric — (in technical drawing) denoting or incorporating a method of showing projection or perspective using a set of three geometric axes, of which two are of the same scale or dimension but the third is of another.
- dimmable — Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diomedes — a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
- diosmose — osmose.
- diriment — causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- disembed — (transitive) To remove (something) from what it is embedded in.
- dismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- dismoded — no longer fashionable
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- ditheism — the doctrine of or belief in two equally powerful gods.