8-letter words containing d, y, e, r
- 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
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- directly — in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- diversly — (archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- 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.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- dreamery — the dream world
- dreamily — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- drearily — causing sadness or gloom.
- dressily — in a dressy manner
- drinkery — barroom; tavern.
- drive-by — the action of driving by a specified locality, object, etc.: a drive-by of Nelson's Monument.
- driveway — a road, especially a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.
- drollery — something whimsically amusing or funny.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- drudgery — menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- dry beer — beer brewed to have a higher alcohol content and a less bitter aftertaste than normal.
- dry cell — a cell in which the electrolyte exists in the form of a paste, is absorbed in a porous medium, or is otherwise restrained from flowing.
- dry hole — any well drilled for oil or gas that does not yield enough to be commercially profitable.
- dry lake — a tract of land in a desert region over which a shallow lake is formed during the rainy season or after prolonged heavy rains.
- dry rent — rent seck.
- dry well — a drainage pit lined with loose stonework for the leaching of liquid wastes.
- dry wine — wine that is not sweet
- dry-eyed — not weeping; unmoved.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)