8-letter words containing s, r, d
- dropouts — Plural form of dropout.
- droppers — Plural form of dropper.
- dropship — (science fiction, gaming) A flying transport that drops troops onto the battlefield.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- droschke — Alternative form of droshky.
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- drowsier — Comparative form of drowsy.
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- drscheme — (Scheme) A popular Scheme implementation from the PLT team at Rice University.
- drudgism — the work of a drudge
- druggies — Plural form of druggie.
- druggist — a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
- drugless — being without the use of drugs, as certain methods of medical treatment.
- druidess — a female member of the Druids.
- druidism — the religion or rites of the Druids.
- drum set — kit consisting of several drums
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drummers — Plural form of drummer.
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- drunkest — Superlative form of drunk.
- drusilla — a female given name.
- druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- dry sink — a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.
- dry suit — a close-fitting, double-layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an internal, warming layer of air that can be added to in order to equalize pressure during descent.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- dry-shod — having or keeping the shoes dry.
- drybrush — a technique of drawing or painting in which a brush having a small quantity of pigment or medium is applied to or dragged across a surface.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- drywalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drywall.
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- dullards — Plural form of dullard.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dumpster — a large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- duressor — a person who subjects another to duress.
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dwellers — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin