8-letter words containing e, s, a
- debacles — Plural form of debacle.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- debaters — Plural form of debater.
- dec wars — A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some years later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3-times-longer complete rewrite called "Unix WARS"; the two are often confused.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- deceased — The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died.
- deceases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decease.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- deep-sea — Deep-sea activities take place in the areas of the sea that are a long way from the coast.
- defamers — Plural form of defamer.
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- degassed — to free from gas.
- degasser — A degasser is a device which removes gas from drilling mud.
- degrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degrade.
- degrease — to remove grease from
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- demersal — living or occurring on the bottom of a sea or a lake
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- depraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave.
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- desalted — Simple past tense and past participle of desalt.
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- 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.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- desecate — (obsolete) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
- desk pad — a pad of paper for use on a desk
- deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despatch — dispatch
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- detaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach.
- 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
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.