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8-Letter Words Starting with D (24 words)
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
dirgeful (13 points)
Like a requiem
D·2+I·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+F·4+U·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
doggerel (11 points)
Worthless verse - gored leg (anagram)
Base lines (wordplay)
Worse verse (wordplay)
D·2+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts
doorbell (11 points)
Avon rep's target (wordplay)
One should admit when one is depressed
Don't knock till you've tried it
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·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
doorsill (9 points)
It's on the threshold
*Threshold
Threshold.
D·2+O·1+O·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
dotterel (9 points)
European shore bird
Eurasian cousin of the plover
European shorebird
D·2+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 9 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
drumroll (11 points)
Emcees might ask for one
Rapid percussive sound
What's odd in funny Haydn symphony
D·2+R·1+U·1+M·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts

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