8-letter words containing as
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- dichasia — Plural form of dichasium.
- die-cast — formed by die casting.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- 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.
- discased — to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- diseased — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- diseases — Plural form of disease.
- distaste — dislike; disinclination.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- drachmas — Plural form of drachma.
- droseras — Plural form of drosera.
- dry wash — clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.
- dumb-ass — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- dvandvas — Plural form of dvandva.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- eargasms — Plural form of eargasm.
- ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- easeless — having no peace or contentment
- easement — Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
- easiness — the quality or condition of being easy.
- east end — a section of E London, England.
- east ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- eastlake — Sir Charles Locke, 1836–1906, English architect, designer, and author.
- eastland — James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- eastlins — in an eastward direction
- eastmain — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing W to James Bay. 510 miles (821 km) long.
- eastmost — easternmost.
- eastside — (US) The east side of a district or city.
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- ecraseur — surgical device consisting of a heavy wire loop placed around a part to be removed and tightened until it cuts through
- eelgrass — a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
- egg case — Entomology. ootheca.