8-letter words containing o, u
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- detoured — Simple past tense and past participle of detour.
- detrusor — a muscle in the wall of the bladder
- deuotion — Obsolete spelling of devotion.
- deutero- — second or secondary
- deuteron — the nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of one proton and one neutron
- devolute — (obsolete) To devolve.
- devoured — Simple past tense and past participle of devour.
- devourer — to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- dextrous — dexterous
- dialogue — Dialogue is communication or discussion between people or groups of people such as governments or political parties.
- 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.
- diffusor — a person or thing that diffuses.
- dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- diluvion — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dine out — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- 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.
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- dish out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- dishouse — to deprive of a home
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- disodium — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of sodium in a compound.
- disunion — a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- disvouch — to dissociate oneself from
- ditokous — producing two young or laying two eggs at a time.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- djibouti — Formerly French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas. a republic in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: a former overseas territory of France; gained independence 1977. 8492 sq. mi. (21,994 sq. km). Capital: Djibouti.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dole out — distribute
- dolefull — Obsolete spelling of doleful.
- dollfuss — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1892–1934, Austrian statesman: premier 1932–34.
- dolorous — full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- domatium — a plant cavity inhabited by commensal insects or mites or, occasionally, microorganisms
- dominium — complete power to use, to enjoy, and to dispose of property at will.
- don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
- doofuses — Plural form of doofus.
- dope out — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doped up — If someone is doped up, they are in a state where they cannot think clearly because they are under the influence of drugs.