7-letter words containing e, d, i, r
- derrick — A derrick is a machine that is used to move cargo on a ship by lifting it in the air.
- derrida — Jacques. 1930–2004, French philosopher and literary critic, regarded as the founder of deconstruction: author of L'Ecriture et la différence (1967)
- derring — (obsolete) daring; warlike.
- dervise — Archaic form of dervish.
- dervish — A dervish is a member of a Muslim religious group which has a very active and lively dance as part of its worship.
- desired — wished for
- desiree — A potato of a pink-skinned variety with yellow waxy flesh.
- desirer — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desires — A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
- despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
- detemir — A long-acting human insulin analogue for maintaining the basal level of insulin.
- detrain — to leave or cause to leave a railway train, as passengers, etc
- detrite — (obsolete) worn out.
- detroit — a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River: a major Great Lakes port; once the largest car-manufacturing centre in the world. Pop: 911 402 (2003 est)
- devilry — reckless or malicious fun or mischief
- deviser — A person who devises; a planner.
- devisor — a person who devises property, esp realty, by will
- devoirs — compliments or respects; courteous attentions
- dextrin — any of a group of sticky substances that are intermediate products in the conversion of starch to maltose: used as thickening agents in foods and as gums
- dhurrie — a coarse cotton or wool rug woven in India in a flat weave and in various designs
- dialler — Alternative form of dialer.
- diapers — Plural form of diaper.
- diaries — Plural form of diary.
- diarise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of diarize.
- diarize — to make use of a diary to record past events or those planned for the future
- diaster — the stage in cell division at which the chromosomes are in two groups at the poles of the spindle before forming daughter nuclei
- dibbers — Plural form of dibber.
- dibbler — Also, dibber [dib-er] /ˈdɪb ər/ (Show IPA). a small, handheld, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.
- dickers — Plural form of dicker.
- dictier — high-class or stylish.
- diddler — Informal. to move back and forth with short rapid motions; jiggle: Diddle the switch and see if the light comes on.
- diderot — Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie
- die for — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- diehard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- diester — an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- dietary — of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
- dieters — Plural form of dieter.
- diether — an organic chemical compound that contains two ether groups
- differs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of differ.
- diggers — a person or an animal that digs.
- digress — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- dilater — One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
- dilbert — (humour) A cartoon computer worker drawn by Scott Adams <[email protected]>, who works in Silicon Valley. The cartoon became so popular he left his day job. The cartoon satirises typical corporate life, especially that which revolves around computers. See also: BOFH.
- diluter — (chemistry) A device that adds a measured amount of sample to a measured amount of diluent.
- dimeric — a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dimeter — a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- dimmers — Plural form of dimmer.
- dineric — of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- dingers — Plural form of dinger.
- dingier — Comparative form of dingy.