8-letter words containing e, i, r
- dendroid — freely branching; arborescent; treelike
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- depicter — A person who depicts (a specified subject).
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depretis — Agostino (aɡoˈstiːno). 1813–87, Italian statesman; prime minister (1876–78; 1878–79; 1881–87). His policy led to the Triple Alliance (1882) between Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- deprived — Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
- depriver — Agent noun of deprive; one who deprives.
- deprives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive.
- deracine — uprooted
- derailed — Cause (a train or trolley car) to leave its tracks accidentally.
- derailer — One who, or that which, derails.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- deratize — to carry out the deratization of.
- derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- deriding — to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- derilict — Misspelling of derelict.
- deringer — an early short-barreled pocket pistol.
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- derisive — A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- 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.
- derivate — derived
- deriving — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- derricks — Plural form of derrick.
- derriere — backside
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- descried — to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
- descries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descry.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- descrive — to describe
- desertic — (of soil) developing in hot, dry climates
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- desilter — A desilter is a device, usually a hydrocyclone, at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- desilver — to remove silver from; to deprive of silver
- desirest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'desire'.
- desireth — Archaic third-person singular form of desire.
- desiring — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- destrier — a war horse; charger
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- determin — Obsolete form of determine.
- deticker — an implement or chemical agent used to remove ticks (from an animal)
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- detritus — Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.