8-letter words containing o, r, s, i
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- cropsick — unwell as a result of excessive eating or drinking
- crosiers — Plural form of crosier.
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- crosstie — a sleeper between rails on a railway
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- debitors — a debtor.
- 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.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- devisors — Plural form of devisor.
- 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)
- 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.
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- discords — Plural form of discord.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- disgorge — to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dishonor — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- dishorse — (archaic, intransitive) To dismount from a horse.
- disorbed — thrown out of orbit
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport.
- disposer — a person or thing that disposes.
- disproof — the act of disproving.