8-letter words that end in se
- cumulose — abounding in heaps or cumuli
- cutpurse — a thief who stole purses by cutting them from the belts to which they were attached
- danseuse — a female ballet dancer
- database — A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
- day case — a patient or case that comes into hospital for a surgical procedure and is dealt with and released in the course of one day
- deadrise — the angle with the horizontal made by the outboard rise of the bottom of a vessel at the widest frame.
- debruise — to overlay or partly cover with an ordinary
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- degrease — to remove grease from
- deionise — Alternative spelling of deionize.
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- demonise — to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
- deputise — to appoint as deputy.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes
- diastase — any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas
- digitise — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- dimerise — Alternative spelling of dimerize.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diosmose — osmose.
- disabuse — to free (a person) from deception or error.
- disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- dishorse — (archaic, intransitive) To dismount from a horse.
- dishouse — to deprive of a home
- dispense — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- dispurse — Obsolete form of disburse.
- disseise — to deprive of seisin; wrongfully dispossess of a freehold interest in land
- dog rose — an Old World wild rose, Rosa canina, having pink or white flowers.
- doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- dormeuse — mobcap.
- dormouse — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- dual-use — dual-purpose; specif., designating or of machinery, technology, etc. having both civilian and military applications
- duchesse — a daybed having a rounded, partially enclosed head and usually a similar foot, sometimes made in two or three pieces able to be used separately (duchesse brisée)
- dumetose — (botany) dumose.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- egg case — Entomology. ootheca.
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- elastase — An endopeptidase enzyme involved in the breakdown of elastin.
- elsewise — (now rare) Otherwise.
- empresse — keen; zealous
- en masse — all together, as a group
- en prise — (of a chess piece) exposed to capture