8-letter words starting with de
- devilize — (transitive) To represent as a devil.
- devilkin — a small devil; a devil inferior to 'the' devil
- devilled — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- deviltry — reckless mischief, fun, etc.
- devisees — Plural form of devisee.
- devising — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
- devision — Obsolete spelling of division.
- devisors — Plural form of devisor.
- devo max — an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it
- devoiced — having been made voiceless
- devoided — not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).
- devolute — (obsolete) To devolve.
- devolved — Simple past tense and past participle of devolve.
- devolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devolve.
- devonian — of, denoting, or formed in the fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods, lasting 60-70 million years during which amphibians first appeared
- devorced — Simple past tense and past participle of devorce.
- devotees — Plural form of devotee.
- devoting — to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.: to devote one's time to reading.
- devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
- devoured — Simple past tense and past participle of devour.
- devourer — to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- dew cell — an electrical instrument for measuring the dew point.
- dew claw — a functionless claw of some dogs, not reaching the ground in walking.
- dew line — distant early warning line, a network of radar stations situated mainly in Arctic regions to give early warning of aircraft or missile attack on North America
- dew pond — a shallow pond, usually man-made, that is kept supplied with water by dew and condensation
- dew-worm — any large earthworm that is found on the ground at night and is used as fishing bait
- dewberry — any trailing bramble, such as Rubus hispidus of North America and R. caesius of Europe and NW Asia, having blue-black fruits
- dewclaws — Plural form of dewclaw.
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- dewikify — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) To remove wiki markup formatting, such as internal links.
- dewiness — The state or quality of being dewy.
- dewormer — an agent for ridding (animals) of worms
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)
- dextrine — a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.
- dextrose — Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
- dextrous — dexterous