8-letter words containing v, d
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- danville — city in S Va., near the N.C. border: pop. 48,000
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- david ii — 1324–71, king of Scotland (1329–71): he was forced into exile in France (1334–41) by Edward de Baliol; captured following the battle of Neville's Cross (1346), and imprisoned by the English (1346–57)
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- de koven — (Henry Louis) Reginald, 1861–1920, U.S. composer, conductor, and music critic.
- de vinne — Theodore Low, 1828–1914, U.S. printer.
- de vries — Hugo (ˈhyːxoː). 1848–1935, Dutch botanist, who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution
- deceived — (of a person) Cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.
- deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- deceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deceive.
- decemvir — (in ancient Rome) a member of a board of ten magistrates, esp either of the two commissions established in 451 and 450 bc to revise the laws
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- decurved — bent or curved downwards
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- deletive — intended to destroy or remove
- delivers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliver.
- delivery — Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them.
- delusive — tending to delude; misleading
- demavend — Damavand
- demivolt — a half turn on the hind legs
- denotive — used or serving to denote; denotative.
- depraved — Depraved actions, things, or people are morally bad or evil.
- depraver — One who depraves or corrupts.
- depraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave.
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- deprived — Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
- depriver — Agent noun of deprive; one who deprives.
- deprives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive.
- derisive — A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- derivate — derived
- deriving — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- descrive — to describe
- deserved — rightfully earned or merited; just
- deserver — One who deserves.
- deserves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deserve.
- desilver — to remove silver from; to deprive of silver
- desqview — A system from Quarterdeck Office Systems implementing multitasking under MS-DOS.
- devachan — The place where gods abide, the
- devadasi — A hereditary female dancer and courtesan in a Hindu temple.
- devalued — having a reduced value or worth
- devaluer — One who, or that which, devalues.
- devalues — Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.
- devasted — Simple past tense and past participle of devast.
- deveined — Having had veins removed from.
- develope — Obsolete spelling of develop.
- develops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develop.
- deventer — an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing. Pop: 88 000 (2003 est)