8-letter words starting with DI
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DI. This section showcases how DI at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DI, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| director | 11 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
| distance | 11 | go far ahead of | He outdistanced the other runners |
| directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
| disaster | 9 | a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | his policies were a disaster |
| district | 11 | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | - |
| divorced | 15 | of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved | - |
| discover | 14 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of | - |
| division | 12 | a group of ships of similar type | - |
| directed | 12 | manageable by a supervising agent | a directed program of study |
| dialogue | 10 | a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people | - |
| discount | 11 | an amount or percentage deducted | - |
| disgrace | 12 | a state of dishonor | - |
| dickhead | 19 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| disorder | 10 | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder |
| disguise | 10 | the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | he is a master of disguise |
| disagree | 10 | be of different opinions | She disagrees with her husband on many questions |
| distract | 11 | draw someone's attention away from something | The thief distracted the bystanders |
| distress | 9 | psychological suffering | the death of his wife caused him great distress |
| disabled | 12 | having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness | - |
| dispatch | 16 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
| dinosaur | 9 | any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era | - |
| discreet | 11 | heedful of potential consequences | a discreet investor |
| disposal | 11 | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | - |
| disciple | 13 | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | - |
| diabetes | 11 | a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
| diarrhea | 12 | frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | - |
| distinct | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | on two distinct occasions |
| dictator | 11 | a ruler who is unconstrained by law | - |
| dissolve | 12 | become weaker | - |
| diplomat | 13 | an official engaged in international negotiations | - |
| disperse | 11 | move away from each other | The crowds dispersed |
| diabetic | 13 | someone who has diabetes | - |
| disclose | 11 | reveal to view as by removing a cover | The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set |
| diameter | 11 | the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference | - |
| disposed | 12 | (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | - |
| dictated | 12 | determined or decided upon as by an authority | the dictated terms of surrender |
| dialysis | 12 | separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | - |
| divinity | 15 | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | - |
| dividing | 14 | - | - |
| diligent | 10 | quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | a diligent (or patient) worker |
| diminish | 14 | decrease in size, extent, or range | - |
| dishonor | 12 | a state of shame or disgrace | he was resigned to a life of dishonor |
| diverted | 13 | pleasantly occupied | - |
| disloyal | 12 | showing lack of love for your country | - |
| distrust | 9 | the trait of not trusting others | - |
| diseased | 10 | caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | diseased tonsils |
| dismount | 11 | alight from (a horse) | - |
| diagnose | 10 | determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | - |
| dispense | 11 | give or apply (medications) | - |
| disliked | 14 | regarded with aversion | he was intensely disliked |
| diffused | 16 | (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | - |
| dialling | 10 | - | - |
| dirtiest | 9 | - | - |
| disarray | 12 | bring disorder to | - |
| dissuade | 10 | turn away from by persuasion | Negative campaigning will only dissuade people |
| discrete | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | a government with three discrete divisions |
| disprove | 14 | prove to be false | The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories |
| dipstick | 17 | a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level | - |
| divorcee | 14 | a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband | - |
| diagonal | 10 | a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | - |
| disputed | 12 | subject to disagreement and debate | - |
| divinely | 15 | by divine means | the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence |
| dislodge | 11 | remove or force out from a position | The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums |
| dividend | 14 | a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus) | - |
| dilation | 9 | the act of expanding an aperture | the dilation of the pupil of the eye |
| dismayed | 15 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| displace | 13 | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | - |
| distaste | 9 | a feeling of intense dislike | - |
| dirtying | 13 | the act of soiling something | - |
| diskette | 13 | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | - |
| diabolic | 13 | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen |
| dizzying | 31 | - | - |
| diatribe | 11 | thunderous verbal attack | - |
| diazepam | 22 | a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning | - |
| dingdong | 12 | go `ding dong', like a bell | - |
| diuretic | 11 | any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | - |
| disquiet | 18 | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | - |
| divulged | 14 | - | - |
| dingbats | 12 | - | - |
| diverged | 14 | - | - |
| divining | 13 | - | - |
| divisive | 15 | dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | - |
| diaspora | 11 | the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | - |
| digitize | 19 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer | he bought a device to digitize the data |
| dilating | 10 | - | - |
| diocesan | 11 | a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese | - |
| didactic | 14 | instructive (especially excessively) | - |
| disclaim | 13 | make a disclaimer about | He disclaimed any responsibility |
| disrobed | 12 | - | - |
| dilution | 9 | a diluted solution | - |
| disunity | 12 | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) | - |
| diatonic | 11 | based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music | - |
| diffuser | 15 | baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | - |
| dilatory | 12 | wasting time | - |
| disabuse | 11 | free somebody (from an erroneous belief) | - |
| disallow | 12 | command against | - |
| disburse | 11 | expend, as from a fund | - |
| dishware | 15 | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | - |
| disjoint | 16 | separate at the joints | disjoint the chicken before cooking it |
| diastema | 11 | a gap or vacant space between two teeth | - |
| dietetic | 11 | of or relating to the diet | - |
| digitise | 10 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer | - |
| diluting | 10 | - | - |
| disfavor | 15 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
| divvying | 19 | - | - |
| diabases | 11 | - | - |
| diabasic | 13 | - | - |
| diablery | 14 | - | - |
| diabolos | 11 | - | - |
| diacetyl | 14 | - | - |
| diacidic | 14 | - | - |
| diaconal | 11 | - | - |
| diactine | 11 | - | - |
| diademed | 13 | - | - |
| diadochi | 15 | - | - |
| diadochy | 18 | - | - |
| diadroms | 12 | - | - |
| diaglyph | 18 | glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) | - |
| diagrams | 12 | - | - |
| diagraph | 15 | - | - |
| diagrids | 11 | - | - |
| dialects | 11 | - | - |
| dialings | 10 | - | - |
| dialists | 9 | - | - |
| diallage | 10 | - | - |
| diallels | 9 | - | - |
| diallers | 9 | - | - |
| diallist | 9 | - | - |
| dialoged | 11 | - | - |
| dialoger | 10 | - | - |
| dialogic | 12 | - | - |
| dialysed | 13 | - | - |
| dialyser | 12 | - | - |
| dialyses | 12 | - | - |
| dialytic | 14 | - | - |
| dialyzed | 22 | - | - |
| dialyzer | 21 | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | - |
| dialyzes | 21 | - | - |
| diamante | 11 | adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing | - |
| diamides | 12 | - | - |
| diamines | 11 | - | - |
| diamonds | 12 | - | - |
| dianodal | 10 | - | - |
| dianoias | 9 | - | - |
| dianthus | 12 | carnations and pinks | - |
| diapases | 11 | - | - |
| diapason | 11 | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ | - |
| diapause | 11 | - | - |
| diapente | 11 | - | - |
| diapered | 12 | - | - |
| diaphone | 14 | a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones | - |
| diaphony | 17 | - | - |
| diapiric | 13 | - | - |
| diapsids | 12 | - | - |
| diarchal | 14 | - | - |
| diarchic | 16 | - | - |
| diarised | 10 | - | - |
| diarises | 9 | - | - |
| diarists | 9 | - | - |
| diarized | 19 | - | - |
| diarizes | 18 | - | - |
| diascias | 11 | - | - |
| diascope | 13 | - | - |
| diaspore | 11 | - | - |
| diastase | 9 | - | - |
| diastems | 11 | - | - |
| diasters | 9 | - | - |
| diastole | 9 | the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
| diastral | 9 | - | - |
| diastyle | 12 | - | - |
| diatomic | 13 | of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms | a diatomic molecule |
| diatreme | 11 | - | - |
| diatreta | 9 | - | - |
| diatrons | 9 | - | - |
| diazines | 18 | - | - |
| diazinon | 18 | - | - |
| diazoles | 18 | - | - |
| dibblers | 13 | - | - |
| dibbling | 14 | - | - |
| dibbukim | 19 | - | - |
| dicacity | 16 | - | - |
| dicambas | 15 | - | - |
| dicastic | 13 | - | - |
| dicelike | 15 | - | - |
| dicentra | 11 | North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers | - |
| dichasia | 14 | - | - |
| dichords | 15 | - | - |
| dichotic | 16 | - | - |
| dichroic | 16 | - | - |
| dichting | 15 | - | - |
| dickered | 16 | - | - |
| dickerer | 15 | - | - |
| dickiest | 15 | - | - |
| dickings | 16 | - | - |
| dicktier | 15 | - | - |
| dicotyls | 14 | - | - |
| dicrotal | 11 | - | - |
| dicrotic | 13 | - | - |
| dictates | 11 | - | - |
| dictiest | 11 | - | - |
| dictions | 11 | - | - |
| dicyclic | 18 | - | - |
| didactyl | 15 | - | - |
| didakais | 14 | - | - |
| didakeis | 14 | - | - |
| didapper | 14 | - | - |
| diddered | 12 | - | - |
| diddicoy | 16 | - | - |
| diddiest | 11 | - | - |
| diddlers | 11 | - | - |
| diddleys | 14 | - | - |
| diddlies | 11 | - | - |
| diddling | 12 | - | - |
| didicois | 12 | - | - |
| didicoys | 15 | - | - |
| didrachm | 17 | - | - |
| didymium | 17 | - | - |
| didymous | 15 | - | - |
| didynamy | 18 | - | - |
| diebacks | 17 | - | - |
| diecious | 11 | - | - |
| diedrals | 10 | - | - |
| diegeses | 10 | - | - |
| diegesis | 10 | - | - |
| diegetic | 12 | - | - |
| diehards | 13 | - | - |
| dieldrin | 10 | - | - |
| dielytra | 12 | - | - |
| diemaker | 15 | someone who makes dies | - |
| diereses | 9 | - | - |
| dieresis | 9 | a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel | - |
| dieretic | 11 | - | - |
| dieseled | 10 | - | - |
| diesters | 9 | - | - |
| diestock | 15 | a device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders | - |
| diestrum | 11 | (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity | - |
| diestrus | 9 | (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity | - |
| diethers | 12 | - | - |
| diethyls | 15 | - | - |
| dietines | 9 | - | - |
| dietings | 10 | - | - |
| dietists | 9 | - | - |
| differed | 16 | - | - |
| diffract | 17 | undergo diffraction | laser light diffracts electrons |
| diffuses | 15 | - | - |
| diffusor | 15 | baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | - |
| digamies | 12 | - | - |
| digamist | 12 | - | - |
| digammas | 14 | - | - |
| digamous | 12 | - | - |
| digerati | 10 | - | - |
| digested | 11 | - | - |
| digester | 10 | autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested | - |
| digestif | 13 | - | - |
| digestor | 10 | - | - |
| diggable | 13 | - | - |
| diggings | 12 | an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology | - |
| dighting | 14 | - | - |
| digicams | 14 | - | - |
| digipack | 18 | - | - |
| digitals | 10 | - | - |
| digitate | 10 | resembling a finger | digitate leaves of the horse chestnut |
| digitron | 10 | - | - |
| digitule | 10 | - | - |
| diglyphs | 18 | - | - |
| digoxins | 17 | - | - |
| digraphs | 15 | - | - |
| digynian | 13 | - | - |
| digynous | 13 | - | - |
| dihedral | 13 | - | - |
| dihedron | 13 | - | - |
| dihybrid | 18 | a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each | - |
| dihydric | 18 | - | - |
| diketone | 13 | - | - |
| dilatant | 9 | - | - |
| dilatate | 9 | - | - |
| dilaters | 9 | - | - |
| dilative | 12 | - | - |
| dilators | 9 | - | - |
| dilemmas | 13 | - | - |
| dilemmic | 15 | - | - |
| dilliest | 9 | - | - |
| dillings | 10 | - | - |
| dillweed | 13 | - | - |
| dilscoop | 13 | - | - |
| diluents | 9 | - | - |
| dilutees | 9 | - | - |
| diluters | 9 | - | - |
| dilutive | 12 | - | - |
| dilutors | 9 | - | - |
| diluvial | 12 | of or connected with a deluge | - |
| diluvian | 12 | of or connected with a deluge | - |
| diluvion | 12 | - | - |
| diluvium | 14 | - | - |
| dimerise | 11 | - | - |
| dimerism | 13 | - | - |
| dimerize | 20 | - | - |
| dimerous | 11 | - | - |
| dimeters | 11 | - | - |
| dimethyl | 17 | - | - |
| dimetric | 13 | - | - |
| dimities | 11 | - | - |
| dimmable | 15 | - | - |
| dimmings | 14 | - | - |
| dimorphs | 16 | - | - |
| dimplier | 13 | - | - |
| dimpling | 14 | - | - |
| dimpsies | 13 | - | - |
| dinarchy | 17 | - | - |
| dindling | 11 | - | - |
| dinettes | 9 | - | - |
| dingeses | 10 | - | - |
| dinghies | 13 | - | - |
| dingiest | 10 | - | - |
| dingoing | 11 | - | - |
| dinguses | 10 | - | - |
| dingying | 14 | - | - |
| dinkiest | 13 | - | - |
| dinklier | 13 | - | - |
| dinmonts | 11 | - | - |
| dinnered | 10 | - | - |
| dinnling | 10 | - | - |
| dintless | 9 | - | - |
| diobolon | 11 | - | - |
| dioceses | 11 | - | - |
| dioecies | 11 | - | - |
| dioecism | 13 | - | - |
| dioicous | 11 | - | - |
| diolefin | 12 | - | - |
| diopside | 12 | - | - |
| dioptase | 11 | - | - |
| diopters | 11 | - | - |
| dioptral | 11 | - | - |
| dioptres | 11 | - | - |
| dioptric | 13 | - | - |
| dioramas | 11 | - | - |
| dioramic | 13 | - | - |
| diorisms | 11 | - | - |
| diorites | 9 | - | - |
| dioritic | 11 | - | - |
| dioxanes | 16 | - | - |
| dioxides | 17 | - | - |
| dipchick | 22 | - | - |
| diphasic | 16 | - | - |
| diphenyl | 17 | - | - |
| diphones | 14 | - | - |
| diplegia | 12 | paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body | - |
| diplegic | 14 | - | - |
| diplexer | 18 | - | - |
| diplogen | 12 | - | - |
| diploids | 12 | - | - |
| diploidy | 15 | the condition of being diploid | - |
| diplomas | 13 | - | - |
| diplonts | 11 | - | - |
| diplopia | 13 | visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects | diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered |
| diplopic | 15 | - | - |
| diplopod | 14 | - | - |
| diploses | 11 | - | - |
| diplosis | 11 | - | - |
| diplozoa | 20 | - | - |
| dipnoans | 11 | - | - |
| dipnoous | 11 | - | - |
| dipodies | 12 | - | - |
| dippable | 15 | - | - |
| dippiest | 13 | - | - |
| dippings | 14 | - | - |
| diprotic | 13 | - | - |
| dipsades | 12 | - | - |
| dipshits | 14 | - | - |
| dipteral | 11 | - | - |
| dipteran | 11 | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing | - |
| dipteras | 11 | - | - |
| dipteroi | 11 | - | - |
| dipteron | 11 | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing | - |
| dipteros | 11 | - | - |
| diptycas | 16 | - | - |
| diptychs | 19 | - | - |
| diquarks | 22 | - | - |
| directer | 11 | - | - |
| dirempts | 13 | - | - |
| direness | 9 | - | - |
| dirgeful | 13 | - | - |
| dirigent | 10 | - | - |
| dirigism | 12 | - | - |
| diriment | 11 | - | - |
| dirtbags | 12 | - | - |
| dirtball | 11 | - | - |
| disabler | 11 | - | - |
| disables | 11 | - | - |
| disadorn | 10 | - | - |
| disannex | 16 | - | - |
| disannul | 9 | - | - |
| disapply | 16 | - | - |
| disarmed | 12 | - | - |
| disarmer | 11 | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | - |
| disavows | 15 | - | - |
| disbands | 12 | - | - |
| disbarks | 15 | - | - |
| disbench | 16 | - | - |
| disbosom | 13 | - | - |
| disbound | 12 | - | - |
| disbowel | 14 | - | - |
| discaged | 13 | - | - |
| discages | 12 | - | - |
| discandy | 15 | - | - |
| discants | 11 | - | - |
| discards | 12 | - | - |
| discased | 12 | - | - |
| discases | 11 | - | - |
| discepts | 13 | - | - |
| discerns | 11 | - | - |
| discerps | 13 | - | - |
| discided | 13 | - | - |
| discides | 12 | - | - |
| discinct | 13 | - | - |
| discless | 11 | - | - |
| disclike | 15 | having a flat circular shape | - |
| disclost | 11 | - | - |
| discoers | 11 | - | - |
| discoids | 12 | - | - |
| discoing | 12 | - | - |
| discolor | 11 | change color, often in an undesired manner | The shirts discolored |
| discords | 12 | - | - |
| discoure | 11 | - | - |
| discrown | 14 | - | - |
| discured | 12 | - | - |
| discures | 11 | - | - |
| discuses | 11 | - | - |
| disdains | 10 | - | - |
| diseases | 9 | - | - |
| disedged | 12 | - | - |
| disedges | 11 | - | - |
| disendow | 13 | - | - |
| disenrol | 9 | - | - |
| diseuses | 9 | - | - |
| disfamed | 15 | - | - |
| disfames | 14 | - | - |
| disflesh | 15 | - | - |
| disforms | 14 | - | - |
| disfrock | 18 | - | - |
| disgavel | 13 | - | - |
| disgests | 10 | - | - |
| disgorge | 11 | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over | - |
| disgowns | 13 | - | - |
| disgrade | 11 | - | - |
| disgusts | 10 | - | - |
| dishabit | 14 | - | - |
| dishable | 14 | - | - |
| dishdash | 16 | - | - |
| dishelms | 14 | - | - |
| disherit | 12 | - | - |
| dishevel | 15 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel | - |
| dishfuls | 15 | - | - |
| dishiest | 12 | - | - |
| dishings | 13 | - | - |
| dishlike | 16 | - | - |
| dishmops | 16 | - | - |
| dishoard | 13 | - | - |
| dishomed | 15 | - | - |
| dishomes | 14 | - | - |
| dishorns | 12 | - | - |
| dishorse | 12 | - | - |
| dishouse | 12 | - | - |
| dishpans | 14 | - | - |
| dishrags | 13 | - | - |
| disinter | 9 | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | - |
| disinure | 9 | - | - |
| disjects | 18 | - | - |
| disjoins | 16 | - | - |
| disjunct | 18 | marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements | little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara |
| disjuned | 17 | - | - |
| disjunes | 16 | - | - |
| diskless | 13 | - | - |
| disklike | 17 | having a flat circular shape | - |
| disleafs | 12 | - | - |
| disleave | 12 | - | - |
| disliken | 13 | - | - |
| disliker | 13 | - | - |
| dislikes | 13 | - | - |
| dislimbs | 13 | - | - |
| dislimns | 11 | - | - |
| dislinks | 13 | - | - |
| disloads | 10 | - | - |
| disloign | 10 | - | - |
| dismaler | 11 | - | - |
| dismally | 14 | in a cheerless manner | in August 1914, there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future |
| dismasks | 15 | - | - |
| dismasts | 11 | - | - |
| dismayls | 14 | - | - |
| dismoded | 13 | - | - |
| disnests | 9 | - | - |
| disobeys | 14 | - | - |
| disodium | 12 | - | - |
| disomies | 11 | - | - |
| disorbed | 12 | - | - |
| disowned | 13 | - | - |
| disowner | 12 | - | - |
| dispaced | 14 | - | - |
| dispaces | 13 | - | - |
| disparks | 15 | - | - |
