8-letter words containing s, d, e, a, t
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- damastes — Procrustes.
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- data set — a collection of data records for computer processing.
- database — A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
- datasets — Plural form of dataset.
- dateless — likely to remain fashionable, relevant, or interesting regardless of age; timeless
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- dead set — absolutely
- debaters — Plural form of debater.
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- desalted — Simple past tense and past participle of desalt.
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- desecate — (obsolete) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
- deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despatch — dispatch
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- detaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach.
- detassel — to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deutzias — Plural form of deutzia.
- devasted — Simple past tense and past participle of devast.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- deviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate.
- diabetes — Diabetes is a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood.
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- diastase — any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- dictates — authoritative commands or rules
- die-cast — formed by die casting.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- 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.
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- disrated — Simple past tense and past participle of disrate.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.