8-letter words containing d, i, o, s, e
- outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
- outsides — Plural form of outside.
- outsized — Of an unusually large size.
- outslide — (poetic) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
- overside — over the side, as of a ship.
- oxidised — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- portside — situated on the port side
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- resinoid — resinlike.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor
- scolecid — a variety of worm
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- semi-god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- semibold — denoting a weight of typeface between medium and bold face
- semidome — half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section, as over a semicircular apse.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sesamoid — shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- sidebone — ossification of the cartilages in the lateral portion of the foot of a horse, resulting in lameness.
- sideload — to transfer software, data, etc., from one local system or device to another, typically from one's computer to a mobile device.
- sidelock — earlock.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- sidenote — a note written in the margin of a page
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sideshow — a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- sodalite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- sodamide — sodium amide.
- sodomise — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomite — an inhabitant of Sodom.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solenoid — Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- solidare — an old coin
- solidate — a parcel of land whose value is equal to a solidus
- solitude — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.