8-letter words containing s, r, t
- deemster — the title of one of the two justices in the Isle of Man
- deforest — If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
- defrosts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrost.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- deluster — remove the lustre from
- delustre — to remove the lustre from (something)
- demerits — Plural form of demerit.
- demister — A demister is the same as a defogger.
- dempster — Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.
- dentures — Dentures are artificial teeth worn by people who no longer have all their own teeth.
- depretis — Agostino (aɡoˈstiːno). 1813–87, Italian statesman; prime minister (1876–78; 1878–79; 1881–87). His policy led to the Triple Alliance (1882) between Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- deserted — abandoned; forsaken: the problems of deserted wives and children.
- deserter — A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
- desertic — (of soil) developing in hot, dry climates
- desilter — A desilter is a device, usually a hydrocyclone, at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- desirest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'desire'.
- desireth — Archaic third-person singular form of desire.
- desserts — Plural form of dessert.
- desterro — former name of Florianópolis.
- destress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- destrier — a war horse; charger
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- destruct — to destroy (one's own missile or rocket) for safety
- deterges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deterge.
- detester — Someone who detests, a hater.
- detracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- detritus — Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.
- detrusor — a muscle in the wall of the bladder
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous
- diarists — Plural form of diarist.
- diestrus — (in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
- digester — a person or thing that digests.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- diluters — Plural form of diluter.
- 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
- dirigist — Of or pertaining to dirigisme.
- dirtbags — Plural form of dirtbag.
- dirtiest — Superlative form of dirty.
- dirtless — Free of dirt.
- dirtside — (science fiction) On the surface of a planet or moon (i.e. not in space).
- 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.
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.