8-letter words containing l, a, s, e
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
- 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
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- 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.
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- 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
- devalues — Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.
- dewclaws — Plural form of dewclaw.
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- dialysed — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dialyser — a machine that performs dialysis, esp one that removes impurities from the blood of patients with malfunctioning kidneys; kidney machine
- dialyses — Physical Chemistry. the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane.
- dialyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialyze.
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- disabler — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disables — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disable.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- disgavel — to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- disraeli — Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ("Dizzy") 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
- disvalue — disesteem; disparagement.
- dolmades — Plural form of dolmade.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- drabbles — Plural form of drabble.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- du sable — Jean Baptiste Pointe [zhahn ba-teest pwant] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.
- dual-use — dual-purpose; specif., designating or of machinery, technology, etc. having both civilian and military applications
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- earflaps — Plural form of earflap.
- earholes — Plural form of earhole.
- earldoms — Plural form of earldom.
- earliest — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.