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8-Letter Words Starting with D (43 words)
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daffodil (16 points)
'Welsh' flower (wordplay)
Yellow flower from Tahiti, for one
"Welsh" flower (wordplay)
D·2+A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1 = 16 pts
deadfall (13 points)
Gravity-operated trap
Trap set in late autumn
D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
deathful (15 points)
After mortality, flu somehow remains destructive
D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
decidual (12 points)
Pertaining to the decidua
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
decretal (11 points)
Papal letter
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
deferral (12 points)
Postponement, as of a decision
College admissions office request
Act of postponing
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
defrayal (15 points)
The provision of money to pay expenses
Unravel during trade payment
Skirmish in wood for payment
D·2+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
deicidal (12 points)
Serving to destroy a god
One police department infiltrating trade of a divine killer
D·2+E·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
deifical (14 points)
""Godlike, also DEIFIC""
D·2+E·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
demersal (11 points)
(Of fish) living close to the seabed; emeralds (anagram)
D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
demurral (11 points)
Objection on the grounds of scruples
Formal objection, in court
Scrupulous refusal
D·2+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
dentinal (9 points)
Pertaining to {dentin=n}
D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
dentural (9 points)
Pertaining to a {denture=n}
D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
deprival (14 points)
Loss
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
detassel (9 points)
Remove flowers from corn
D·2+E·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
detrital (9 points)
Like some sedimentary rocks
Of waste
D·2+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
deverbal (14 points)
Derived from a verb [adj] / a word derived from a verb
D·2+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
diacetyl (14 points)
A chemical flavour enhancer
D·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 14 pts
diaconal (11 points)
Of a cleric.
D·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
diagonal (10 points)
Slash, for one
*Shortcut path, maybe
Short cut, maybe
D·2+I·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
diastral (9 points)
Pertaining to {diaster=n}
D·2+I·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
dicrotal (11 points)
""Having a double pulse beat, also DICROTIC""
D·2+I·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
didactyl (15 points)
Two-fingered or two-toed
Having only two toes, fingers, or claws
Performed variable line with two fingers
D·2+I·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 15 pts
dihedral (13 points)
Upward inclination of a plane's wings
Two-faced male doctor has external face
Criminal held raid using two different planes
D·2+I·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
diluvial (12 points)
Flooding
D·2+I·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
dioptral (11 points)
Of a lens measurement
D·2+I·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
dipteral (11 points)
Having two wings, as files
D·2+I·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
disannul (9 points)
'Cancel order', said Greek character entering the Netherlands
Cancel
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1 = 9 pts
disloyal (12 points)
Say I'll do scheme that's untrustworthy
Unfaithful or unpatriotic
Its unreliable to say Ill do doctor (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
disposal (11 points)
Sale (of assets)
Kitchen sink device
Kitchen garbage dump
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
dividual (13 points)
Capable of being divided
D·2+I·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
doctoral (11 points)
Kind of degree candidate
Of an academic degree
Like some theses
D·2+O·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
doornail (9 points)
Dead thing (wordplay)
Dancing on air, old stud
Large-headed fastener
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 9 pts
dovetail (12 points)
Avian joint (wordplay)
Veal? Do it perhaps as a joint
Carpenter's joint.
D·2+O·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 12 pts
downfall (15 points)
Snowstorm, for one.
Failure (after successful career?)
Ruin; heavy shower
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
downhaul (15 points)
A rope for hauling down sails
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+H·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
dowsabel (14 points)
A sweetheart
D·2+O·1+W·4+S·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1 = 14 pts
dreadful (13 points)
Doctor with feudal manner - appalling!
Informally very bad, perhaps the weather
Doctor led fraud? That's appalling!
D·2+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts
dreamful (14 points)
Lost in reverie.
D·2+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
ducktail (15 points)
Avian hairstyle (wordplay)
Current hair-do.
D·2+U·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 15 pts
duncical (13 points)
Relating to a dunce
D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
duodenal (10 points)
Of part of small intestine
Like some ulcers
Relating to part of the small intestine
D·2+U·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
dyspneal (14 points)
Pertaining to {dyspnea=n}
D·2+Y·4+S·1+P·3+N·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts

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