8-letter words containing s, e, r, o
- defensor — One who defends; a defender.
- deforest — If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
- defrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock.
- defrosts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrost.
- delouser — a substance or device which removes lice from something
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- dendrons — Plural form of dendron.
- deplores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplore.
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- derisory — If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- desterro — former name of Florianópolis.
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- detrusor — a muscle in the wall of the bladder
- devisors — Plural form of devisor.
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- 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.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- 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.
- 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.
- disorbed — thrown out of orbit
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disposer — a person or thing that disposes.
- 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.
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- dog rose — an Old World wild rose, Rosa canina, having pink or white flowers.
- 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.
- doomster — a doomsayer.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- doorless — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- doorstep — a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
- dopester — a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- dopplers — Plural form of doppler.
- dormeuse — mobcap.
- dormouse — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- dosseret — a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
- dossiers — Plural form of dossier.