8-letter words containing s, a, c, d
- digicams — Plural form of digicam.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- discandy — to melt or dissolve
- discants — Plural form of discant.
- discards — Plural form of discard.
- discased — to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispeace — an absence of peace
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- drachmas — Plural form of drachma.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- educates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of educate.
- encashed — Simple past tense and past participle of encash.
- enchased — Simple past tense and past participle of enchase.
- escalade — The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.
- escapade — An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- estacade — a defensive arrangement of stakes
- facadism — the principle or practice of preserving the fronts of buildings that have elegant architectural designs; the construction of a modern building behind its old or original front.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- headcase — (informal) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event