8-letter words containing d, s, i
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dockside — land or area adjoining a dock: We were at the dockside to greet them.
- dogeship — the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- 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.
- doorsill — the sill of a doorway.
- dopiness — The characteristic of being dopey.
- dornicks — Plural form of dornick.
- dorsalis — dorsal1 .
- dorticos — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- dossiers — Plural form of dossier.
- dottings — Plural form of dotting.
- dovekies — Plural form of dovekie.
- dowdiest — Superlative form of dowdy.
- dowdyish — Like a dowdy; frumpy.
- dowdyism — the quality of being dowdy
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- doziness — The state of being dozy.
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- draffish — resembling draff
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- dreggish — resembling or containing dregs
- dreidels — Plural form of dreidel.
- dressier — Comparative form of dressy.
- dressily — in a dressy manner
- dressing — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dressoir — a cabinet of the 18th century, having a number of shallow shelves for dishes over a base with drawers and closed cupboards.
- dribbles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dribble.
- driblets — Plural form of driblet.
- drifters — Plural form of drifter.
- drillers — Plural form of driller.
- drinkers — Plural form of drinker.
- dripless — designed so that the substance, item, or its contents will not drip: a dripless candle; a dripless pitcher.
- drisheen — a pudding made of sheep's intestines filled with meal and sheep's blood
- drizzles — Plural form of drizzle.
- drollish — somewhat droll
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.