8-letter words containing d, o, a, t, e
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- 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)
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
- debation — Debating.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- denotate — to denote (something)
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- detonate — If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- evocated — Simple past tense and past participle of evocate.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- fade out — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fade-out — an act or instance of fading.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- foliated — covered with or having leaves.
- foredate — to antedate.
- formated — Misspelling of formatted.
- foveated — having foveae; pitted.
- garotted — to execute by the garrote.
- garroted — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).