8-letter words containing s, e, o, d
- diopside — a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- 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.
- diosmose — osmose.
- dioxides — Plural form of dioxide.
- dipodies — Plural form of dipody.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- disbowel — (rare) To disembowel.
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- 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.
- disendow — to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- disgorge — to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- dishorse — (archaic, intransitive) To dismount from a horse.
- dishouse — to deprive of a home
- dislodge — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- dismoded — no longer fashionable
- disobeys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disobey.
- disorbed — thrown out of orbit
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disowned — Simple past tense and past participle of disown.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disposed — having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive): a man disposed to like others.
- disposer — a person or thing that disposes.
- disposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispose.
- disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- disrobed — Simple past tense and past participle of disrobe.
- disrobes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrobe.
- dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- docetist — One who believes in docetism.
- dockside — land or area adjoining a dock: We were at the dockside to greet them.
- dog rose — an Old World wild rose, Rosa canina, having pink or white flowers.
- dog sled — a sled (or sledge) drawn by dogs
- dogeship — the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- dogshore — any of several shores for holding the hull of a small or moderate-sized vessel in place after keel blocks and other shores are removed and until the vessel is launched.
- dogsleds — Plural form of dogsled.
- dogsleep — a feigned or fitful sleep
- dolesome — doleful.
- dolmades — Plural form of dolmade.
- domesday — doomsday.
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.