8-letter words containing s, a, r, d, i
- dartitis — (in darts) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- dasyurid — Any carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.
- deadrise — the angle with the horizontal made by the outboard rise of the bottom of a vessel at the widest frame.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- diagrams — Plural form of diagram.
- 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.
- diarists — Plural form of diarist.
- 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)
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- 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.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- dirtbags — Plural form of dirtbag.
- 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.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- 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.
- disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- 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.
- discards — Plural form of discard.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgrade — (obsolete) To degrade.
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dishrags — Plural form of dishrag.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- dispread — to spread out
- disraeli — Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ("Dizzy") 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- disrated — Simple past tense and past participle of disrate.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrail — dissipation trail.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- distrait — inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- dizzards — Plural form of dizzard.
- dorsalis — dorsal1 .
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- draffish — resembling draff
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.