8-Letter Words Starting with D

All 659 eight-letter words that start with D: page 1 of 2

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• dabbling14n. An act in which something is dabbled in.
• dactylic16adj. Of or consisting of dactyls.
• daffodil16n. A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a...
• daftness12n. Property of being daft.
• daggered12adj. Wearing or carrying a dagger.
• daidzein19n. A particular isoflavone.
• dainties9n. Women's undergarments.
• daintily12adv. In a dainty manner, delicately.
• daiquiri18n. A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit...
• dairying13n. Synonym of dairy farming.
• dairyman14n. Synonym of dairy farmer.
• dallying13n. Dalliance.
• dalmatic13n. A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the...
• damaging13adj. Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
• damehood15n. The fact or condition of being a dame.
• damnable13adj. Capable of being damned.
• damnably16adv. In a damnable manner.
• dampener13n. A device that moistens or dampens something.
• dampness13n. Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness; the state or quality of being...
• dandruff16n. Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
• dandyish16adj. Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
• dandyism15n. The manners and dress of a dandy.
• dangling11adj. Suspended from above.
• dankness13n. The state or quality of being dank.
• danseuse9n. A female dancer.
• dappling14n. A dappled pattern.
• daringly13adv. In a daring manner.
• darkened14adj. Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
• darkfall16n. The time of day when it becomes dark.
• darkling14adv. In the dark; in obscurity.
• darkness13n. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative...
• darkroom15n. A dark room, where photographs are developed.
• darkside14n. The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less...
• darksome15adj. Characterized by darkness; gloomy, obscure.
• darktown16n. An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
• darkwave19n. A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining...
• databank15n. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).
• database11n. A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure...
• databook15n. A handbook containing data or statistics.
• datafile12n. A computer file that stores data for use by an application or system.
• datagram12n. A packet of data passed across a network.
• datalink13n. The protocol layer that transfers data between adjacent network nodes...
• dateable11adj. That may be ascribed a date or age.
• datebook15n. A book in which appointments are kept, each listed beside the day when...
• dateless9adj. Out of one's head; deranged.
• dateline9n. A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article)...
• datetime11n. A variable or data type that can hold both date and time components.
• daughter13n. One’s female offspring.
• daunting10adj. Discouraging; inspiring fear.
• dauphine14n. The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
• daybreak18n. The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
• daydream15n. A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate...
• daylight16n. The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight...
• daytimes14adv. Habitually during the daytime.
• dazzling28adj. Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily...

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• deadband13n. The range through which an input can be varied without initiating an...
• deadbeat12n. A person who defaults on debts.
• deadbolt12n. The part of the lock which is moved when the key is engaged.
• deadfall13n. Coarse woody debris; deadwood.
• deadhead14n. A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without...
• deadlift13n. A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the...
• deadline10n. A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be...
• deadlock16n. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched...
• deadname12n. A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has...
• deadness10n. The state of not being alive; lifelessness.
• deadpool12v. Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.
• deadrise10n. The angle between a horizontal line drawn from the keel and the angle...
• deadtime12n. The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.
• deadwood14n. Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
• deafness12n. The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.
• dealings10n. Relations with others.
• deanship14n. The position or role of a dean.
• dearborn11n. A light four-wheeled wagon.
• dearness9n. The quality of having great value or price.
• deathbed15n. The bed on which someone dies.
• deathday16n. The day of a person's death, especially when viewed as being appointed...
• debasing12n. The act or process by which something is debased; a debasement.
• debating12n. The act of taking part in a debate.
• debility14n. A state of physical or mental weakness.
• debitage12n. The sharp-edged waste material that remains after creation of a stone...
• debiting12n. The act of making a debit in accounting.
• debonair11adj. Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
• deboning12n. The removal of bones.
• debugger13n. A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other...
• debunker15n. Someone who debunks.
• debutant11n. A person (especially a male) who débuts, or appears for the first time.
• decadent12adj. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
• decadron12n. The glucocorticoid drug dexamethasone.
• decanter11n. A vessel for decanting liquor.
• decaying15n. The process of undergoing decay.
• deceased12adj. No longer alive; dead.
• decedent12n. A dead person.
• deceiver14n. A person who lies or deceives.
• decently14adv. In a decent manner.
• deciding13n. The act of making a decision.
• decidual12adj. Of or relating to the decidua.
• decimate13v. To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something).
• decipher16v. To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
• decision11n. The act of deciding.
• decisive14adj. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy...
• deckhand19n. A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
• declared12adj. Openly avowed.
• declarer11n. The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.
• declined12adj. Directed obliquely.
• decoding13n. An instance of the translation of something (usually a message or other...
• decorate11v. To furnish with decorations.
• decorous11adj. Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and...
• decouple13v. To unlink; to take apart or come apart.
• decoying15n. The act of one who decoys.
• decrease11v. Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• decrepit13adj. Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
• decretal11adj. Pertaining to a decree.
• decrying15n. A decrial.
• decurion11n. An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army.
• decurved15adj. Curved downward.
• dedicate12v. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
• deemster11n. A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom.
• deepfake18n. A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with...
• deepness11n. The state or quality of being deep (either physically or...
• deepwell14n. A bored well controlled by a submersible pump.
• deerskin13n. Leather made from deer hide.
• deerwood13n. An area of woodland where deer can be found.
• defacing15n. Defacement.
• defaming15n. Defamation.
• defatted13adj. From which fat has been removed (often by use of solvents).
• defeated13adj. Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
• defeater12n. One who defeats.
• defecate14v. To excrete feces from one's bowels.
• defector14n. One who defects.
• defended14adj. Having defenses.
• defender13n. Someone who defends people or property.
• defensin12n. Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that are active against...
• defensor12n. One who defends; a defender.
• deferent12adj. Showing deference; deferential.
• deferral12n. An act of deferring, a deferment.
• deferred13adj. Delayed; put off till later.
• defiance14n. The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
• defilade13v. To fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire.
• defining13adj. Serving to define or distinguish.
• definite12adj. Having distinct limits.
• deflated13adj. Empty of all the air or gas that was or could be inside.
• deflator12n. That which deflates.
• deflower15v. To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
• defogger14n. Something or someone that defogs.
• deforest12v. To clear (an area) of forest.
• deformed15adj. Unusual of shape; misshapen.
• defriend13v. To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking...
• deftness12n. Skilfulness, being quick in action.
• degassed11adj. From which the gas has been removed.
• degraded12adj. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or...
• degrader11n. One who, or that which, degrades.
• degrease10v. To remove grease from something.
• degrowth16n. A negative growth (i.e. a reduction) of an economy or a population.
• dejected19adj. Sad and dispirited.
• delaying13n. A delay.
• delegacy15n. The position or state of being a delegate.
• delegate10n. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
• deletion9n. An item that has been or will be deleted.
• delicacy16n. The quality of being delicate.
• delicata11n. An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a...
• delicate11adj. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
• delirium11n. A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible...
• delivery15n. The act of conveying something.
• delphine14adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
• deluging11n. A deluge or flood.
• delusion9n. An adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
• delusive12adj. Producing delusions.
• demagogy16n. Rule by demagogue.
• demander12n. One who demands.
• demeaned12adj. Debased; degraded; lowly.
• demeanor11n. The social, non-verbal behaviors (such as body language and facial...
• demented12adj. Insane; mentally ill.
• dementia11n. A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in...
• dementor11n. An evil and fearsome creature.
• demerger12n. A partial or complete reversal of a previous merger.
• demersal11adj. That lives near the bottom of a body of water.
• demijohn21n. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at...
• demining12n. The process of removing and neutralizing mines.
• demister11n. The part of the ventilation system in a motor car that blows hot, dry...
• demiurge12n. The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal...
• democide14n. Murder of people by a government which has power over them.
• democrat13n. A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics...
• demolish14v. To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional...
• demoness11n. A female demon.
• demoniac13adj. Possessed or controlled by a demon.
• demonize20v. To turn into a demon.
• demotion11n. An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
• demurely14adv. In a demure manner.
• demurrer11n. A motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary...
• denarius9n. A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during...
• denature9v. To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing...
• dendrite10n. A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from...
• dendroid11adj. Resembling a shrub or tree.
• deniable11adj. Able to be denied or contradicted.
• denounce11v. To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out...
• dentally12adv. With reference to dental matters; with regards to the teeth.
• dentelle9n. An ornamental tooling like lace.
• denticle11n. A small tooth.
• dentinal9adj. Of or relating to dentin or dentine.
• departed12adj. Having gone away.
• depleted12adj. Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
• deployer14n. One who, or that which, deploys.
• deponent11adj. Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used...
• deportee11n. A deported person.
• deporter11n. One who deports.
• depraved15adj. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
• deprived15adj. Subject to deprivation; poor.
• deputize20v. To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to...
• derailer9n. One who, or that which, derails.
• deranged11adj. Disturbed or upset, especially mentally.
• derating10n. The act by which something is derated.
• derelict11adj. Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
• deriding11n. An act of derision.
• derision9n. Act of treating with disdain.
• derisive12adj. Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
• derisory12adj. Laughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or...
• derivate12adj. Derived; derivative.
• dermatan11n. A glycosaminoglycan found (as the sulfate) in the skin.
• derogate10v. To partially repeal (a law etc.).
• descanso11n. A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
• descarga12n. A jam session in the tradition of Cuban music.
• describe13v. To represent in words.
• deselect11v. To not select; to rule out of selection.
• deserted10adj. Abandoned, without people.
• deserter9n. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or...
• deserved13adj. Fair; merited.
• deshmukh21n. The head or ruler of a district.
• designed11adj. Created according to a design.
• designee10n. One who has been designated.
• designer10n. A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
• desiring10n. A yearning for; a want.
• desirous9adj. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
• deskbook19n. A reference book that may be kept on a desk.
• deskside14adj. By the side of one's desk (as in an office).
• desolate9adj. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
• desolder10v. To remove solder (from).
• desorbed12adj. Removed by desorption.
• despacho16n. A Peruvian sacred shamanic offering.
• despised12adj. Hated; viewed with scorn.
• despotic13adj. Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
• destined10adj. Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain.
• destress9v. To reduce the physical stresses in (a material).
• destrier9n. A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
• destruct11v. To invoke the destructor of.
• detached15adj. Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could...
• detailed10adj. Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
• detailer9n. One who gives details of something.
• detained10adj. Delayed or held back; kept from proceeding.
• detainee9n. Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
• detainer9n. The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against...
• detangle10v. To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).
• detected12adj. Having been noticed.
• detector11n. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical...
• detested10adj. Hated.
• dethrone12v. To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
• detonate9v. To explode, blow up.
• detoxify22v. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
• detoxing17n. Synonym of detox (“detoxification, especially of the body from drugs”).
• detrital9adj. Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
• detritus9n. Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
• detrusor9n. A smooth muscle in the wall of the bladder that relaxes to allow urine...
• detuning10n. The process of something being detuned.
• deucedly15adv. Quite; extremely; utterly.
• deuteron9n. The nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron.
• devadasi13n. A girl who underwent the Hindu religious practice of being "married" to...
• deveined13adj. Having had the veins removed.
• deverbal14adj. Derived from a verb.
• deviance14n. Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms...
• deviancy17n. The state of being deviant, abnormal or anomalous.
• devilish15adj. Resembling a devil.
• devilled13adj. Grilled with a piquant sauce.
• deviltry15n. Devilry.
• devising13n. The act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will.
• devolver15n. A devolutionist.
• devotion12n. The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being...
• devourer12n. One who devours.
• devoutly15adv. In a devout manner.
• dewaxing20n. A process in which wax is removed from a material or a surface.
• dewberry17n. European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
• dewormer14n. Medicine used in deworming an animal.
• dextrose16n. The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide...

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• diabatic13adj. Involving the gain or loss of heat (and thus a change in entropy).
• diabetes11n. Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a...
• diabetic13adj. Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
• diabolic13adj. Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
• diabolus11n. Synonym of tritone.
• diacetyl14n. Two acetyl groups in a compound.
• diaconal11adj. Of or pertaining to a deacon or the diaconate.
• diagnose10v. To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and...
• diagonal10adj. Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
• dialogic12adj. Of or relating to dialogue.
• dialogue10n. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more...
• dialysis12n. A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by...
• dialyzer21n. The part of a hemodialysis machine that performs filtration by unequal...
• diamante11n. An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
• diameter11n. Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle...
• diamonds12n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.
• dianthus12n. Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
• diapason11n. The musical octave.
• diapause11n. A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to...
• diapered12adj. Wearing a diaper.
• diarrhea12n. A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or...
• diaspora11n. The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews...
• diaspore11n. A natural hydrate of aluminium, sometimes forming stalactites.
• diastase9n. Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch...
• diastema11n. A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front...
• diastole9n. The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers...
• diatomic13adj. Consisting of two atoms.
• diatonic11adj. Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven...
• diatribe11n. An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
• diazepam22n. A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to...
• diazinon18n. An organophosphorus insecticide used to control fleas etc.
• diborane11n. Boron hydride, B₂H₆, a colourless explosive gas with a nasty smell; it...
• diceless11adj. Not requiring dice.
• dicentra11n. Any of the plant genus Dicentra.
• dichloro14n. Two chlorine atoms in a molecule.
• dichotic16adj. That stimulates each ear with a different pitch or loudness.
• dichroic16adj. Exhibiting dichroism.
• dictator11n. An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
• didactic14adj. Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard...
• diegesis10n. A narration or recitation.
• diegetic12adj. Of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe...
• dieldrin10n. A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent...
• dietetic11adj. Relating to diet.
• diffract17v. To cause diffraction.
• diffused16adj. Having spread widely.
• diffuser15n. Any person or thing that diffuses.
• digerati10n. People who are considered the elite in using computers and the Internet.
• digester10n. One who, or that which, digests.
• digestif13n. An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is...
• digitate10adj. Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike.
• digitize19v. To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured...
• dihedral13n. An angle between two plane surfaces.
• diketone13n. Any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups.
• dilation9n. The act of dilating.
• dilatory12adj. Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay...
• diligent10adj. Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
• dillweed13n. Dill, an aromatic herb used in cooking and medicine; Anethum graveolens.
• dilution9n. The process of making something dilute.
• dilutive12adj. Causing dilution.
• diluvial12adj. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
• dimerize20v. To produce, or to undergo dimerization.
• dimethyl17n. Two methyl groups in a molecule.
• diminish14v. To make smaller.
• dimmable15adj. Able to be dimmed: able to have illumination decreased in brightness...
• dimpling14n. The formation of a dimple.
• dinheiro12n. A coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal.
• dinosaur9n. Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic...
• diocesan11adj. Pertaining to a diocese.
• dionysia12n. The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of...
• diopside12n. A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the...
• dioptric13adj. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses...
• dioxygen20n. Diatomic oxygen: the normal allotrope of oxygen, having two atoms per...
• diphenyl17n. Synonym of biphenyl.
• diplegia12n. Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
• diplexer18n. A passive device that implements frequency domain multiplexing.
• diplomat13n. A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a...
• diplopia13n. An ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images for a single...
• dipstick17n. A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to...
• dipteran11n. An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly.
• directed12adj. In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.
• directly14adv. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
• director11n. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or...
• dirtball11n. Synonym of dorodango: a ball of dirt, especially one that is polished...
• dirtbike15n. An off-road two-wheeled motorized vehicle: an off-road motorcycle.
• dirtying13n. A soiling or making dirty.
• disabled12adj. Made incapable of use or action.
• disabuse11v. To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a...
• disagree10v. To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
• disallow12v. To refuse to allow.
• disarray12v. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
• disaster9n. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent...
• disburse11v. To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
• disciple13n. A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches...
• disclaim13v. To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or...
• disclose11v. To uncover; physically expose to view.
• discolor11v. To change or lose color.
• discount11v. To sell at a reduced price.
• discover14v. To find or learn something for the first time.
• discreet11adj. Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid...
• discrete11adj. Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
• diseased10adj. Affected with or suffering from disease.
• disgorge11v. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
• disgrace12n. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
• disguise10n. Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual...
• dishonor12n. American standard spelling of dishonour.
• dishware15n. Crockery used for serving or cooking food.
• disinter9v. To take out of the grave or tomb.
• disjoint16adj. Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
• disjunct18adj. Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
• diskette13n. A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
• diskless13adj. Without the use of floppy disks.
• dislodge11v. To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
• disloyal12adj. Not loyal, without loyalty.
• dismally14adv. In a dismal manner.
• dismayed15adj. Having the emotion of dismay.
• dismount11v. To (cause to) get off (something).
• disodium12n. Two atoms of sodium in a compound.
• disorder10n. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
• dispatch16v. To send (a shipment) with promptness.

Questions about these words

How many eight-letter words that start with D are there?

Word.ws lists 659 eight-letter words that start with D, plus 1,743 rare ones.

What are common eight-letter words that start with D?

director, decision, daughter, district, designed, directly, division and distance.

Which of the eight-letter words that start with D has the highest letter score?

dizzying scores 31 points with the standard letter tile values.

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