8-letter words containing o, y, e
- denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
- deployed — Simple past tense and past participle of deploy.
- deployer — a person or thing that deploys
- 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.
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- detoxify — If someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol detoxifies, or if they are detoxified, they undergo treatment which stops them from being addicted.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
- disobeys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disobey.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- docilely — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- doe-eyed — having large, innocent-looking, dark eyes.
- dogberry — the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana.
- doggedly — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
- dohickey — Alternative spelling of doohickey.
- domesday — doomsday.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- donnelly — Declan. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Antony McPartlin as Ant and Dec
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- doyennes — Plural form of doyenne.
- drollery — something whimsically amusing or funny.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- dry hole — any well drilled for oil or gas that does not yield enough to be commercially profitable.
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
- ecdysone — an insect hormone that stimulates metamorphosis.
- ecotypes — Plural form of ecotype.
- ecotypic — Of or pertaining to an ecotype.
- ectogeny — the effect of pollination and fertilization on the tissues of a plant
- eeyorish — Alternative capitalization of Eeyorish.
- egg yolk — yellow part of an egg
- elytroid — like an elytron
- embryoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
- embryol. — embryology
- emictory — relating to emiction, the passing of urine
- employed — Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
- employee — A person employed for wages or salary, especially at nonexecutive level.
- employer — A person or organization that employs people.
- employes — Plural form of employe.
- empty of — lacking; without; devoid of
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- endogeny — Growth from within.
- endymion — a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him
- enhydros — a piece of chalcedony that contains water
- enjoying — Present participle of enjoy.
- enormity — The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.