8-letter words containing s, e, n, a
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- 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)
- daimones — disembodied souls
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- dalesman — a person living in a dale, esp in the dales of N England
- dalesmen — Plural form of dalesman.
- damasken — Alternative form of damascene.
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- danaides — the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- danseuse — a female ballet dancer
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- deadness — The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
- deadpans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadpan.
- deafness — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- dearness — beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- diazines — Plural form of diazine.
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- disannex — to separate (a place or thing that was formally annexed or joined to another)
- disdaine — Obsolete spelling of disdain.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- dna test — a test of a sample of DNA to determine whether it matches particular characteristics
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.