8-letter words containing ds
- dromonds — Plural form of dromond.
- ds level — (communications) (Digital Signal or Data Service level) Originally an AT&T classification of transmitting one or more voice conversations in one digital data stream. The best known DS levels are DS0 (a single conversation), DS1 (24 conversations multiplexed), DS1C, DS2, and DS3. By extension, the DS level can refer to the raw data rate necessary for transmission: DS0 64 Kb/s DS1 1.544 Mb/s DS1C 3.15 Mb/s DS2 6.31 Mb/s DS3 44.736 Mb/s DS4 274.1 Mb/s (where K and M signify multiplication by 1000 and 1000000, rather than powers of two). In this sense it can be used to measure of data service rates classifying the user access rates for various point-to-point WAN technologies or standards (e.g. X.25, SMDS, ISDN, ATM, PDH). Japan uses the US standards for DS0 through DS2 but Japanese DS5 has roughly the circuit capacity of US DS4, while the European standards are rather different (see E1). In the US all of the transmission rates are integral multiples of 8000 bits per second but rates above DS1 are not necessarily integral multiples of 1,544 kb/s.
- dsp56000 — A digital signal processing chip from Motorola. An assembler called a56 and a port of gcc called dsp56k-gcc are available.
- dsp56001 — A digital signal processing chip from Motorola. An assembler called a56 is available.
- dullards — Plural form of dullard.
- eggheads — Plural form of egghead.
- emeralds — A bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl.
- ethmoids — Plural form of ethmoid.
- expounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- fatheads — Plural form of fathead.
- feldsher — (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- fibroids — Plural form of fibroid.
- fieldset — (Internet) A group of related user interface controls that make up one portion of a form.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- foodshed — the area through which food is transported from farm to consumer
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.
- forfends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forfend.
- forwards — forward.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- garlands — Plural form of garland.
- geminids — a collection of meteors making up a meteor shower (Gem·inid me·teor show·er) visible around December 13, having its apparent origin in the constellation Gemini.
- gizzards — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- globoids — Plural form of globoid.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- goadster — a goadsman
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- godsends — Plural form of godsend.
- godspeed — good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).
- godsquad — any group of evangelical Christians, members of which are regarded as intrusive and exuberantly pious
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- goodsire — a grandfather
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- gurnards — Plural form of gurnard.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- haggards — Plural form of haggard.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- hands on — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hands-on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- handsaws — Plural form of handsaw.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- handsets — Plural form of handset.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.