8-Letter Words Containing: D,E,S,C,A,N,T

• a small fragment

• obscene terms for female genitals

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• to make grasping motions

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• To stop the flow of.

• To cease, as the flowing of blood.

• To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

• To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

• Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).

• (by extension) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.

• (by extension) A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically a manuscript of the entire Bible.

• the property created by the space between two objects or points

• a distant region

• size of the gap between two places

• indifference by personal withdrawal

• the interval between two times

• a remote point in time

• keep at a distance

• go far ahead of

• used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb

• a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

• sing in descant

• sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

• talk at great length about something of one's interest