8-letter words containing i, d, e, a
- decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- decennia — a period of ten years; a decade.
- deciduae — Plural form of decidua.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- dedalian — relating to Daedalus
- dedicant — a person who devotes or dedicates
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- 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.
- defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- defilade — protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
- definate — Misspelling of definite.
- deianira — a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules. She unintentionally killed Hercules by dipping his tunic in the poisonous blood of the Centaur Nessus, thinking it to be a love charm
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- deligate — (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- demonian — of, relating to, or resembling a demon
- denarian — One who is between the age of 10 and 19, inclusive.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
- deniable — able to be denied; questionable
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- 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.
- 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.
- derivate — derived
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.