8-letter words containing e, l, d
- 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.
- derilict — Misspelling of derelict.
- dermally — In a dermal way; of or to the skin.
- desalted — Simple past tense and past participle of desalt.
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- descaled — Simple past tense and past participle of descale.
- descaler — a thing for removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- deselect — (of a constituency organization) to refuse to select (an existing MP) for re-election
- desilted — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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
- deskills — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deskill.
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- desludge — mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- desulfur — to free from sulfur; desulfurize.
- detailed — A detailed report or plan contains a lot of details.
- detailee — An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detailly — In detail.
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)
- detassel — to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- deucedly — devilishly; damnably.
- devalued — having a reduced value or worth
- devaluer — One who, or that which, devalues.
- devalues — Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.
- develope — Obsolete spelling of develop.
- develops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develop.
- deverbal — (of a noun or adjective) derived from a verb.
- devil of — (intensifier)
- devildom — the rule or power of the devil or devils
- deviless — a female devil
- deviling — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- devilish — A devilish idea or action is cruel or unpleasant.
- devilism — a characteristic of the devil; behaviour proper to the devil
- devilize — (transitive) To represent as a devil.
- devilkin — a small devil; a devil inferior to 'the' devil
- devilled — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- deviltry — reckless mischief, fun, etc.
- devolute — (obsolete) To devolve.
- devolved — Simple past tense and past participle of devolve.
- devolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devolve.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- dew cell — an electrical instrument for measuring the dew point.
- dew claw — a functionless claw of some dogs, not reaching the ground in walking.
- dew line — distant early warning line, a network of radar stations situated mainly in Arctic regions to give early warning of aircraft or missile attack on North America
- dewclaws — Plural form of dewclaw.