7-letter words containing e, n, t, d
- denture — a partial or full set of artificial teeth
- deontic — of or relating to such ethical concepts as obligation and permissibility
- depaint — to depict or delineate
- depants — to remove the trousers from, as a joke or punishment.
- derbent — a port in S Russia, in the Dagestan Republic on the Caspian Sea: founded by the Persians in the 6th century. Pop: 106 000 (2005 est)
- derwent — a river in S Australia, in S Tasmania, flowing southeast to the Tasman Sea. Length: 172 km (107 miles)
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- destain — to remove a stain from
- destine — to set apart or appoint (for a certain purpose or person, or to do something); intend; design
- destiny — A person's destiny is everything that happens to them during their life, including what will happen in the future, especially when it is considered to be controlled by someone or something else.
- detains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detain.
- detente — Detente is a state of friendly relations between two countries when previously there had been problems between them.
- detents — Plural form of detent.
- detenue — female prisoner
- detinue — an action brought by a plaintiff to recover goods wrongfully detained
- detrain — to leave or cause to leave a railway train, as passengers, etc
- detuned — Simple past tense and past participle of detune.
- deviant — Deviant behaviour or thinking is different from what people normally consider to be acceptable.
- dextran — a polysaccharide produced by the action of bacteria on sucrose: used as a substitute for plasma in blood transfusions
- 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
- dietine — a minor or low-ranking diet or assembly
- dieting — Present participle of diet.
- diluent — serving to dilute; diluting.
- dinette — a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- dip net — a net attached to the end of a long pole, used to catch fish
- dip-net — to scoop (fish) from water with a dip net.
- disnest — to remove from the nest
- dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- distend — Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
- distent — distended.
- distune — to cause (an instrument) to be out of tune
- docents — Plural form of docent.
- doenitz — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, German naval officer and head of state (1945).
- doesn't — See contraction.
- dolente — (to be performed) in a sorrowful manner
- donated — Simple past tense and past participle of donate.
- donates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of donate.
- donetsk — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- donnert — stunned
- downset — (mathematics) An ideal (in set theory).
- dozenth — twelfth.
- dragnet — a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- drecnet — /drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMS community. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also connector conspiracy.
- drenthe — a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
- dueting — Present participle of duet.
- dugento — duecento.
- dunnite — an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- duotone — of two tones or colors.
- durante — James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.