8-letter words containing d, i, r, t
- dextrine — a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.
- 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.
- diarists — Plural form of diarist.
- diatreme — a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- diatribe — A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
- diatryma — A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dicrotic — having or relating to a double pulse for each heartbeat
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- dieretic — the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
- diestrus — (in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
- dietrich — Marlene [mahr-ley-nuh] /mɑrˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), 1904–92, U.S. actress and singer, born in Germany.
- diffract — to break up or bend by diffraction.
- digerati — People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology.
- digester — a person or thing that digests.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- digirati — digerati
- digitron — a type of tube, for displaying information, having a common anode and several cathodes shaped in the form of characters, which can be lit by a glow discharge
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- diluters — Plural form of diluter.
- 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.
- dimitrov — Georgi [ge-awr-gi] /gɛˈɔr gɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Bulgarian political leader: premier 1946–49.
- dinitro- — (of a chemical) containing two nitrogen groups in place of two hydrogen atoms
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- 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.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- directed — proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route.
- directer — Comparative form of direct.
- directly — in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- dirigent — directing
- dirigist — Of or pertaining to dirigisme.
- diriment — causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
- dirt bag — Slang. a filthy or contemptible person.
- dirtbags — Plural form of dirtbag.
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.
- dirtbike — An off-road motorcycle.
- 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).