8-letter words containing em
- deminish — Obsolete form of diminish.
- demireps — Plural form of demirep.
- demising — death or decease.
- demissly — in a demiss manner
- demisted — Simple past tense and past participle of demist.
- demister — A demister is the same as a defogger.
- demitint — (arts) That part of a painting, engraving, etc. which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
- demitted — to put in or send to a lower place.
- demiurge — (in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe
- demivolt — a half turn on the hind legs
- demixing — Demixing is the unintended separation of the substances in a mixture.
- demobbed — When soldiers are demobbed, they are released from the armed forces.
- democide — (Mass) murder of people by a government which has power over them.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- demology — the study of human populations, activities, and behaviour
- demoness — a female demon
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- demonian — of, relating to, or resembling a demon
- demonise — to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
- demonish — Like or characterisic of a demon; demonic.
- demonism — belief in the existence and power of demons
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- demonize — If people demonize someone, they convince themselves that that person is evil.
- demorage — Obsolete form of demurrage.
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- dempster — Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.
- demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- demurred — to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
- demurrer — a pleading that admits an opponent's point but denies that it is a relevant or valid argument
- demyship — a type of scholarship awarded at Magdalen College, Oxford
- diademed — Simple past tense and past participle of diadem.
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- diatreme — a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- die stem — the South African national anthem until 1991, when part of it was incorporated into the current anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
- diemaker — someone who makes dies
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dilemmic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- disembed — (transitive) To remove (something) from what it is embedded in.
- douzieme — (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- drscheme — (Scheme) A popular Scheme implementation from the PLT team at Rice University.
- 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.
- elements — Plural form of element.
- ellemtel — A C++ style-guide originated by Ellemtel Telecom Systems, Stockholm.
- emaciate — (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- emailers — Plural form of emailer.
- emailing — Present participle of email.