8-letter words containing n, a, d, s
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- 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.
- diamonds — one of the four suits in an ordinary pack of cards bearing red lozenge-shapes symbols
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- diazines — Plural form of diazine.
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- disannex — to separate (a place or thing that was formally annexed or joined to another)
- disannul — to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
- disbands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disband.
- discandy — to melt or dissolve
- discants — Plural form of discant.
- disdaine — Obsolete spelling of disdain.
- disdains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disdain.
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- displant — to dislodge.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- dna test — a test of a sample of DNA to determine whether it matches particular characteristics
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dragsman — a person who drives a carriage or drag
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dvandvas — Plural form of dvandva.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.