8-letter words starting with de
- desisted — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- desk pad — a pad of paper for use on a desk
- deskfast — breakfast eaten at one's desk at work
- deskills — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deskill.
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- desknote — a computer that is similar in size to a notebook computer, but is designed to remain stationary, like a desktop computer
- deskside — By the side of one's desk (as in an office).
- desktops — Plural form of desktop.
- desludge — mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
- desmitis — inflammation of a ligament.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despatch — dispatch
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despised — Simple past tense and past participle of despise.
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- despises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- desponds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despond.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- desqview — A system from Quarterdeck Office Systems implementing multitasking under MS-DOS.
- desserts — Plural form of dessert.
- desterro — former name of Florianópolis.
- destined — If something is destined to happen or if someone is destined to behave in a particular way, that thing seems certain to happen or be done.
- destines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destine.
- destress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- destrier — a war horse; charger
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- destruct — to destroy (one's own missile or rocket) for safety
- desulfur — to free from sulfur; desulfurize.
- detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
- detacher — One who or that which detaches.
- detaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detach.
- detailed — A detailed report or plan contains a lot of details.
- detailee — An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detailly — In detail.
- detained — Simple past tense and past participle of detain.
- detainee — A detainee is someone who is held prisoner by a government because of his or her political views or activities.
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)
- detassel — to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids
- detected — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- detector — A detector is an instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is.
- deterges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deterge.
- determin — Obsolete form of determine.
- deterred — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.