8-letter words containing r, e, s, i
- descries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descry.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- descrive — to describe
- desertic — (of soil) developing in hot, dry climates
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- desilter — A desilter is a device, usually a hydrocyclone, at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- desilver — to remove silver from; to deprive of silver
- desirest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'desire'.
- desireth — Archaic third-person singular form of desire.
- desiring — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- destrier — a war horse; charger
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- detritus — Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.
- devisors — Plural form of devisor.
- dhurries — Plural form of dhurrie.
- dialyser — a machine that performs dialysis, esp one that removes impurities from the blood of patients with malfunctioning kidneys; kidney machine
- diarised — Simple past tense and past participle of diarise.
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- diereses — Plural form of dieresis.
- dieresis — the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
- diestrus — (in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
- digester — a person or thing that digests.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- diluters — Plural form of diluter.
- dimerise — Alternative spelling of dimerize.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- 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.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- direness — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- dirtiest — Superlative form of dirty.
- dirtless — Free of dirt.
- dirtside — (science fiction) On the surface of a planet or moon (i.e. not in space).
- disabler — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- discerns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discern.
- 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.
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrete — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.