8-letter words containing d, y, a, s
- 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
- dog days — hot summer period
- domesday — doomsday.
- doomsday — the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dorsally — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- 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.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- eyeshade — A translucent visor used to protect the eyes from strong light.
- fast day — a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- hayseeds — Plural form of hayseed.
- headstay — (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).