8-letter words containing d, r, y
- day-care — of, relating to, or providing day care: day-care center; day-care program.
- day-trip — to travel as a day-tripper.
- daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
- daytaler — a worker who is appointed and paid on a daily basis
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- decrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt.
- deep-fry — If you deep-fry food, you fry it in a large amount of fat or oil.
- deer fly — any of several tabanid flies of the genus Chrysops, the female of which is a vector of tularemia in deer, livestock, and humans.
- deeryard — a place where deer congregate to spend the winter
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- defrayed — to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.): The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.
- deletory — something that deletes or erases
- delivery — Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them.
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- deployer — a person or thing that deploys
- deprenyl — a drug used to treat senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression, by acting as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- derisory — If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- dermally — In a dermal way; of or to the skin.
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- deviltry — reckless mischief, fun, etc.
- dewberry — any trailing bramble, such as Rubus hispidus of North America and R. caesius of Europe and NW Asia, having blue-black fruits
- dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)
- diablery — Sorcery.
- dialyser — a machine that performs dialysis, esp one that removes impurities from the blood of patients with malfunctioning kidneys; kidney machine
- dialyzer — an apparatus for dialyzing, esp. one used as an artificial kidney
- 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.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- dihybrid — the offspring of parents differing in two specific pairs of genes.
- dihydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) dihydroxy.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- directly — in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- dirtying — Present participle of dirty.
- disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- diversly — (archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
- dobrynin — Anatoly F(edorovich) [an-uh-toh-lee fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1919–2010, Russian diplomat.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
- doctorly — having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor
- dogberry — the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana.
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dooryard — a yard in front of the door of a house.