8-letter words containing e, f, d
- defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- deficits — the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- defilade — protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
- defiling — Present participle of defile.
- definate — Misspelling of definite.
- definers — Plural form of definer.
- defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
- deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- deflects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflect.
- deflexed — (of leaves, petals, etc) bent sharply outwards and downwards
- deflower — to despoil of beauty, innocence, etc; mar; violate
- defluent — running downwards
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- defogged — Simple past tense and past participle of defog.
- defogger — A defogger is a device that removes condensation from the window of a vehicle by blowing warm air onto it.
- deforced — Simple past tense and past participle of deforce.
- deforcer — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- deforest — If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
- deformed — disfigured or misshapen
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- 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.
- defreeze — the process of unfreezing
- defriend — to remove (a person) from the list of one's friends on a social networking website
- defrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock.
- defrosts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrost.
- defrozen — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- deftness — dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic.
- defusing — Present participle of defuse.
- defusion — separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- 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.
- deptford — a district in the Greater London borough of Lewisham, on the S bank of the River Thames: formerly the site of the Royal Naval dockyard
- deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
- desulfur — to free from sulfur; desulfurize.
- 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.