8 Letter Words for Detritus
detritus
7 Letter Words for Detritus
dustier, reduits, studier, sturted, tertius, trusted
6 Letter Words for Detritus
derust, direst, disert, diseur, dister, driest, duetti, duetts, duster, duties, erudit, isuret, reduit, redust, resuit, ritted, rudest, rudies, rusted, rutted, setuid, sitter, sterid, stired, streit, stride, strude, sturte, suited, suiter, sutter, titers, tretis, triste, trites, truest, tutsed, urites, urtite, utters
5 Letter Words for Detritus
deist, detur, diets, dirts, distr, diter, dites, ditts, drest, dries, druse, dtset, duets, duett, duits, dures, duret, durst, edits, etuis, idest, iters, reist, resid, resit, rides, rites, ritsu, ritts, ritus, rudes, rudie, serut, sider, sieur, sired, sited, sruti, steid, steri, stert, stied, stire, stite, strid, strit, strue, strut, stude, sture, sturt, suite, sured, terts, tetri, tides, tiers, tired, tires, titer, trest, tride, tried, tries, trist, trite, trued, trues, trust, turds, turse, ureid, urite, ursid, uster, uteri, utter
4 Letter Words for Detritus
deis, desi, deti, deus, dier, dies, diet, dire, dirt, dist, dite, dits, ditt, drie, dsri, duer, dues, duet, duit, dust, edit, eris, erst, etui, ides, ired, ires, ised, iter, iuds, iure, reds, reit, rest, retd, rets, ride, rids, ries, rise, rist, rite, rits, ritt, rude, ruds, rued, rues, ruse, rust, ruts, seir, seit, sert, sett, side, sier, sire, site, situ, sted, ster, stet, stid, stie, stir, stre, stud, stue, stut, sude, sued, suer, suet, suid, suit, surd, sure, teds, test, tets, tide, tids, tied, tier, ties, tire, tite, tits, tres, tret, trid, trie, trit, true, tues, tuis, turd, tute, tuts, urde, urds, ures, used, user, utes, utis
3 Letter Words for Detritus
dei, der, des, det, die, dir, dis, dit, dsr, due, dui, dur, eds, eir, erd, ers, ert, esd, esr, est, esu, ide, ids, ire, irs, ise, ist, itd, its, iud, red, rei, res, rid, rie, rit, rte, rti, rud, rue, rut, sed, sei, ser, set, sie, sir, sit, sri, std, str, sud, sue, sui, sur, tdr, tdt, ted, ter, tes, tet, tid, tie, tis, tit, tiu, tri, trs, trt, tsi, tst, tue, tui, tur, tut, uds, uit, urd, ure, urs, use, ust, ute, uti, uts
Definitions for Detritus
[1] rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
[2] any disintegrated material; debris.
[3] a loose mass of stones, silt, etc, worn away from rocks
[4] an accumulation of disintegrated material or debris
[5] the organic debris formed from the decay of organisms
Words related to Detritus
rubble, leavings, deposit, sediment, scree
Words nearby Detritus
detriment, detrimental, detrition, detritivore, detritovore, detritus, detroit, detrude, detruncate, detrusion, detrusor
Origin of Detritus
1785–95; < French détritus < Latin: a rubbing away, equivalent to dētrī-, variant stem of dēterere to wear down, rub off (de- de- + terere to rub) + -tus suffix of v. action
Other words from Detritus
de·tri·tal , adjective
Word origin for Detritus
C18: from French détritus, from Latin dētrītus a rubbing away; see detriment
Synonyms for Detritus
rubble, deposit, fragments, grains, leavings, scree, sediment, shavings
