8-letter words containing d, i, t, r
- drum kit — percussion: set of drums
- dry suit — a close-fitting, double-layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an internal, warming layer of air that can be added to in order to equalize pressure during descent.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- editress — a woman employed in the work of editing.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- eradiate — (botany) Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- fidgeter — a person who fidgets
- filtered — With a filter (e.g., a cigarette).
- fixtured — Simple past tense and past participle of fixture.
- fort dix — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in S central New Jersey, NNE of Mount Holly.
- frighted — Simple past tense and past participle of fright.
- gaitered — wearing gaiters
- gradatim — (in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- hard-hit — adversely affected; struck by disaster.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- indenter — to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.
- indentor — to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.
- indicter — One who indicts.
- indictor — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- indirect — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- inserted — Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.
- intender — to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
- interbed — (of a stratum) be embedded among or between others.
- interned — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- interred — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intorted — twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound: intorted horns.
- intraday — occurring during a single day.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- intrepid — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- intruded — Simple past tense and past participle of intrude.