8-letter words containing e, d, g
- doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dogooder — Alternative spelling of do-gooder.
- dogshore — any of several shores for holding the hull of a small or moderate-sized vessel in place after keel blocks and other shores are removed and until the vessel is launched.
- dogsleds — Plural form of dogsled.
- dogsleep — a feigned or fitful sleep
- dogteeth — Plural form of dogtooth.
- dojigger — (informal) A thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
- dordogne — a river in SW France, flowing W to the Gironde estuary. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- dowagers — Plural form of dowager.
- doweling — Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- dowering — Present participle of dower.
- draggers — Plural form of dragger.
- draggled — Simple past tense and past participle of draggle.
- dragline — a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dragonné — shaped like a dragon
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- dragster — an automobile designed and built specifically for drag racing, especially on a ¼-mi. (402-meter) or ⅛-mi. (201-meter) drag strip.
- drainage — the act or process of draining.
- dreading — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drearing — sorrow; grief
- dredgers — Plural form of dredger.
- dredging — Present participle of dredge.
- dreggish — resembling or containing dregs
- dressage — haute école (def 1).
- dressing — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- drippage — a dripping, as of water from a faucet.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- drudgery — menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- druggies — Plural form of druggie.
- drugless — being without the use of drugs, as certain methods of medical treatment.
- duck-egg — duck1 (def 7).
- dudgeons — Plural form of dudgeon.
- duelling — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- duetting — turn-taking by two birds in the execution of a song pattern.
- dukeling — an inferior or minor duke
- dungaree — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dungeons — Plural form of dungeon.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- dungmere — a hole or a trench for the collection of waste matter
- duologue — a conversation between two persons; dialogue.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- ecolodge — A building designed to house ecotourists, typically built and supported by local labour and with respect for the environment.
- edge out — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.