8-letter words containing g, a, d, e
- decalage — the difference between the angles of incidence of the upper and lower wings of a biplane: A biplane has positive decalage if the angle of incidence of the upper wing is greater than that of the lower wing and negative decalage when the lower wing has the greater angle.
- decaling — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decating — a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
- decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defaming — to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
- defanged — to remove the fangs of: to defang a snake.
- degassed — to free from gas.
- degasser — A degasser is a device which removes gas from drilling mud.
- deglazed — Simple past tense and past participle of deglaze.
- degraded — disgraced, debased, depraved, etc.
- degrader — One who, or that which, degrades.
- degrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degrade.
- degrease — to remove grease from
- dekagram — ten grams, or one tenth of a hectogram (0.3527 ounce): abbrev. dag
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delegacy — an elected standing committee at some British universities
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- deligate — (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- demagogy — You can refer to a method of political rule as demagogy if you disapprove of it because you think it involves appealing to people's emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- den haag — Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
- denegate — (obsolete, transitive) To deny.
- deranged — Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
- deranger — a person or thing that deranges
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)
- diagetic — Misspelling of diegetic.
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- diallage — a green or brownish-black variety of the mineral augite in the form of layers of platelike crystals
- dialogue — Dialogue is communication or discussion between people or groups of people such as governments or political parties.
- die game — to die bravely and still fighting
- digerati — People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology.
- diggable — capable of being dug
- digitate — Zoology. having digits or digitlike processes.
- dime bag — a packet containing an amount of an illegal drug selling for ten dollars.
- diplegia — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgrade — (obsolete) To degrade.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- disusage — Gradual cessation of use or custom; disuse.
- divagate — to wander; stray.
- dog flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.