8-letter words containing o, d, s
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- derisory — If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- desknote — a computer that is similar in size to a notebook computer, but is designed to remain stationary, like a desktop computer
- desktops — Plural form of desktop.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- desponds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despond.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- desterro — former name of Florianópolis.
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- detrusor — a muscle in the wall of the bladder
- develops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develop.
- devision — Obsolete spelling of division.
- devisors — Plural form of devisor.
- devolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devolve.
- devotees — Plural form of devotee.
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous
- diabolos — Plural form of diabolo.
- 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
- 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
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- dictions — style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
- didymous — in pairs or in two parts
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dies non — a day on which no courts can be held.
- diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- diffusor — a person or thing that diffuses.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- 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.
- dioceses — Plural form of diocese.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diogenes — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diomedes — a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- diopside — a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.