8-letter words containing d, o, s, t
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- doomster — a doomsayer.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- doorpost — doorjamb.
- doorstep — a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
- doorstop — a device for holding a door open, as a wedge or small weight.
- dopester — a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- dorticos — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- dosseret — a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
- dot-coms — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- dottings — Plural form of dotting.
- doublets — Plural form of doublet.
- doubters — Plural form of doubter.
- dowdiest — Superlative form of dowdy.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downmost — in the lowest position
- downstep — An downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- drollest — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- droplets — Plural form of droplet.
- dropouts — Plural form of dropout.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- dumetose — (botany) dumose.
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- dust off — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- dust-mop — to clean with a dust mop.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystonic — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopic — Dystopian.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- editions — Plural form of edition.
- endnotes — Plural form of endnote.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- escorted — With or having an escort.
- estopped — Simple past tense and past participle of estop.
- ethmoids — Plural form of ethmoid.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- feedlots — Plural form of feedlot.
- foldouts — Plural form of foldout.
- fondants — Plural form of fondant.
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.