8-letter words containing d, s, p
- deadpans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadpan.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt.
- decuples — Plural form of decuple.
- deep-sea — Deep-sea activities take place in the areas of the sea that are a long way from the coast.
- deep-set — Deep-set eyes seem to be further back in the face than most people's eyes.
- deep-six — To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- deepmost — most deep; deepest
- deepness — extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley.
- demireps — Plural form of demirep.
- dempster — Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.
- demyship — a type of scholarship awarded at Magdalen College, Oxford
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- depletes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplete.
- deplores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplore.
- depolish — to remove the polish from (an object)
- deposeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deposeth.
- deposing — Present participle of depose.
- deposite — Obsolete spelling of deposit.
- deposits — Plural form of deposit.
- depraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave.
- depretis — Agostino (aɡoˈstiːno). 1813–87, Italian statesman; prime minister (1876–78; 1878–79; 1881–87). His policy led to the Triple Alliance (1882) between Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
- deprives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive.
- deputies — Plural form of deputy.
- deputise — to appoint as deputy.
- des pres — Josquin (ʒɔskɛ̃). ?1450–1521, Flemish Renaissance composer of masses, motets, and chansons
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- desk pad — a pad of paper for use on a desk
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- desktops — Plural form of desktop.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despatch — dispatch
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despised — Simple past tense and past participle of despise.
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- despises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- desponds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despond.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- develops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develop.
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)