8-letter words containing e, d, i, f
- deifying — Present participle of deify.
- denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
- denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
- detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
- devil of — (intensifier)
- dewikify — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) To remove wiki markup formatting, such as internal links.
- differed — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
- diffused — Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
- diffuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diffuse.
- digestif — a drink of brandy, liqueur, etc., taken after a meal to aid the digestion.
- diolefin — diene.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- disflesh — (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
- disneyfy — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- dot file — (operating system, convention) A Unix application program configuration file. On Unix, files named with a leading dot are not normally shown in directory listings. Many programs define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration information may be optionally recorded; a user can customise the program's behaviour by creating the appropriate file in the current or home directory. Dot files tend to proliferate - with every nontrivial application program defining at least one, a user's home directory can be filled with scores of dot files, without the user really being aware of it. Common examples are .profile, .cshrc, .login, .emacs, .mailrc, .forward, .newsrc, .plan, .rhosts, .sig, .xsession. See also profile, rc file.
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- drifters — Plural form of drifter.
- driftnet — Alternative spelling of drift net.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- edifices — Plural form of edifice.
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- effendis — Plural form of effendi.
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- exfriend — One who is no longer a friend; a former friend.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- famacide — a person who destroys another's reputation; a defamer or slanderer.
- famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- faradize — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- fedelini — an extremely fine, strand-like pasta, thinner than vermicelli.
- feedings — Plural form of feeding.
- feedpipe — a pipe through which something is supplied to a machine or system, for instance steam to an engine, or oil to a tank
- feijoada — a dish of rice and black beans baked with various kinds of meat and sausage.
- fellside — The side of a fell (upland country).
- femicide — the act of killing a woman, as by a domestic partner or a member of a criminal enterprise: The rate of femicide where there is drug trafficking is far greater than it is elsewhere.
- fernbird — Bowdleria punctata, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fervidor — Thermidor.
- feticide — the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
- fetidity — the state or quality of being fetid
- fidayeen — Plural form of fidayee.
- fiddlers — Plural form of fiddler.
- fidelism — Castroism.
- fidelist — Castroism.
- fidelity — strict observance of promises, duties, etc.: a servant's fidelity.
- fidgeted — to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.