| Word | Definition |
| daintinesses13 | the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance |
| damaskeening20 | |
| damnableness17 | |
| damselfishes21 | small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs |
| dappernesses17 | stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance |
| daredeviltry20 | boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior |
| daringnesses14 | |
| daughterless17 | |
| daunorubicin17 | |
| daydreamlike23 | |
| daylightings21 | |
| deacidifying23 | |
| deactivating19 | remove from active military status or reassign |
| deactivation18 | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) |
| deactivators18 | |
| deadlinesses14 | the quality of being deadly |
| deaminations15 | removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound |
| deathwatches24 | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
| debarkations19 | the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft |
| debaucheries20 | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| debilitating16 | make weak |
| debilitation15 | serious weakening and loss of energy |
| debonairness15 | |
| debouchments22 | |
| debridements18 | surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing |
| decalcifying24 | lose calcium or calcium compounds |
| decalcomania19 | either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface |
| decantations15 | the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees |
| decapitating18 | cut the head of |
| decapitation17 | execution by cutting off the victim's head |
| decapitators17 | |
| decarbonated18 | remove carbon dioxide from |
| decarbonates17 | remove carbon dioxide from |
| decarbonized27 | remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decarbonizer26 | |
| decarbonizes26 | remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decarburized27 | remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decarburizes26 | remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decasyllabic22 | having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables |
| decasyllable20 | a verse line having ten syllables |
| decelerating16 | lose velocity; move more slowly |
| deceleration15 | a decrease in rate of change |
| decelerators15 | |
| decemvirates20 | |
| decentralize24 | make less central |
| decerebrated18 | remove the cerebrum from (a human body) |
| decerebrates17 | remove the cerebrum from (a human body) |
| decertifying22 | cause to be no longer approved or accepted |
| dechlorinate18 | remove chlorine from (water) |
| decidability21 | |
| decimalizing27 | change from fractions to decimals |
| decipherable22 | easily deciphered |
| decipherment22 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text |
| decisiveness18 | the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose |
| declamations17 | vehement oratory |
| declarations15 | a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) |
| declassified19 | lift the restriction on and make available again |
| declassifies18 | lift the restriction on and make available again |
| declensional15 | |
| declinations15 | a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state |
| decollations15 | |
| decolletages16 | a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress |
| decolonizing25 | grant independence to (a former colony) |
| decolorizers24 | |
| decolorizing25 | remove color from |
| decommission19 | withdraw from active service |
| decompensate19 | |
| decomposable21 | capable of being partitioned |
| decompressed20 | restore to its uncompressed form |
| decompresses19 | restore to its uncompressed form |
| deconditions16 | |
| decongestant16 | a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion |
| decongesting17 | |
| decongestion16 | |
| decongestive19 | |
| deconsecrate17 | remove the consecration from a person or an object |
| deconstructs17 | interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing |
| decontrolled16 | relax or remove controls of |
| decoratively21 | in a decorative manner |
| decorousness15 | propriety in manners and conduct |
| decorticated18 | remove the outer layer of |
| decorticates17 | remove the outer layer of |
| decorticator17 | |
| decreasingly19 | |
| decrepitated18 | undergo decrepitation and crackle |
| decrepitates17 | undergo decrepitation and crackle |
| decrepitudes18 | a state of deterioration due to old age or long use |
| decrescendos18 | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| decussations15 | an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X |
| deepfreezing28 | |
| deerstalkers17 | a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters |
| defalcations18 | the sum of money that is misappropriated |
| defeminizing28 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) |
| defenestrate16 | throw through or out of the window |
| defibrillate18 | stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks |
| defibrinated19 | remove fibrin from (blood) |
| defibrinates18 | remove fibrin from (blood) |
| deficiencies20 | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
| definiteness16 | the quality of being predictable with great confidence |
| definitional16 | |
| definitively22 | |
| definitizing26 | |
| deflagrating18 | cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity |
| deflagration17 | combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat |
| deflationary19 | associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money |
| deflorations16 | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something |
| defoliations16 | the loss of foliage |
| deforcements20 | |
| deformalized28 | |
| deformalizes27 | |
| deformations18 | a change for the worse |
| degeneracies16 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| degenerately17 | |
| degenerating15 | grow worse |
| degeneration14 | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
| degenerative17 | (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function |
| deglaciation16 | |
| deglamorized26 | |
| deglamorizes25 | |
| deglutitions14 | the act of swallowing |
| degradations15 | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
| degressively20 | |
| degringolade16 | |
| degustations14 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality |
| dehumanizing28 | deprive of human qualities |
| dehumidified23 | make less humid |
| dehumidifier22 | |
| dehumidifies22 | make less humid |
| dehydrations20 | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| deifications18 | the condition of being treated like a god |
| deionization22 | |
| dejectedness23 | a feeling of low spirits |
| delaminating16 | |
| delamination15 | |
| delectations15 | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction |
| deliberately18 | with intention; in an intentional manner |
| deliberating16 | think about carefully; weigh |
| deliberation15 | (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question |
| deliberative18 | involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination |
| delicatessen15 | ready-to-eat food products |
| delightfully23 | in a delightful manner |
| delimitation15 | a line that indicates a boundary |
| delineations13 | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
| delinquently25 | |
| deliquescent24 | (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air |
| deliquescing25 | melt away in the process of decay |
| deliverances18 | recovery or preservation from loss or danger |
| delocalizing25 | remove from the proper or usual locality |
| delusiveness16 | |
| demagnetized26 | erase (a magnetic storage device) |
| demagnetizer25 | |
| demagnetizes25 | erase (a magnetic storage device) |
| demarcations17 | the boundary of a specific area |
| dementedness16 | mental deterioration of organic or functional origin |
| demilitarize24 | do away with the military organization and potential of |
| demimondaine18 | a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society |
| demineralize24 | remove the minerals or salts from |
| demobilizing27 | release from military service or remove from the active list of military service |
| democratized27 | become (more) democratic; of nations |
| democratizer26 | |
| democratizes26 | become (more) democratic; of nations |
| demodulating17 | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| demodulation16 | (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave |
| demodulators16 | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave |
| demographers21 | a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics |
| demographics23 | a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) |
| demographies21 | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
| demolishment20 | |
| demonetizing25 | deprive of value for payment |
| demoniacally20 | in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit |
| demonization24 | to represent as diabolically evil |
| demonologies16 | |
| demonologist16 | |
| demonstrable17 | necessarily or demonstrably true |
| demonstrably20 | in an obvious and provable manner |
| demonstrated16 | give an exhibition of to an interested audience |
| demonstrates15 | give an exhibition of to an interested audience |
| demonstrator15 | a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught |
| demoralizers24 | |
| demoralizing25 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| demulsifying22 | cause to demulsify |
| demurenesses15 | the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum |
| demystifying25 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| denaturalize22 | make less natural or unnatural |
| denaturation13 | |
| dendrologies15 | |
| dendrologist15 | |
| denervations16 | |
| denigrations14 | a belittling comment |
| denitrifiers16 | |
| denitrifying20 | remove nitrogen from |
| denominating16 | assign a name or title to |
| denomination15 | a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith |
| denominative18 | |
| denominators15 | the divisor of a fraction |
| denouncement17 | a public act of denouncing |
| densitometer15 | a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density |
| densitometry18 | measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission |
| denticulated16 | |
| denuclearize24 | |
| denunciation15 | a public act of denouncing |
| denunciative18 | containing warning of punishment |
| denunciatory18 | containing warning of punishment |
| deontologies14 | |
| deontologist14 | |
| deoxidations21 | |
| deoxygenated25 | remove oxygen from (water) |
| deoxygenates24 | remove oxygen from (water) |
| deoxyriboses25 | a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids |
| departmental17 | of or relating to a department |
| dependencies18 | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else |
| depilatories15 | a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides |
| depolarizers24 | |
| depolarizing25 | eliminate the polarization of |
| depoliticize26 | |
| depolymerize29 | |
| depopulating18 | reduce in population |
| depopulation17 | the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) |
| deportations15 | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| depositaries15 | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| depositional15 | |
| depositories15 | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| depravations18 | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
| depravedness19 | |
| depravements20 | |
| deprecations17 | a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster |
| depreciating18 | belittle |
| depreciation17 | a decrease in price or value |
| depreciative20 | tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value |
| depreciators17 | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| depreciatory20 | tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value |
| depredations16 | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding |
| depressingly19 | in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree |
| depressively21 | |
| depressurize24 | decrease the pressure of |
| deprivations18 | a state of extreme poverty |
| deprograming19 | |
| deprogrammed21 | |
| deprogrammer20 | |
| deputization24 | |
| deracinating16 | move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment |
| deracination15 | to move something from its natural environment |
| derangements16 | a state of mental disturbance and disorientation |
| deregulating15 | the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) |
| deregulation14 | the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) |
| derelictions15 | a tendency to be negligent and uncaring |
| derepressing16 | |
| derepression15 | |
| derisiveness16 | |
| derivational16 | characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base |
| derivatively22 | |
| derivatizing26 | |
| dermabrasion17 | removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer |
| dermatitises15 | inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters |
| dermatologic18 | of or relating to or practicing dermatology |
| dermatophyte23 | |
| derogatorily17 | |
| desacralized25 | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control |
| desacralizes24 | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control |
| desalinating14 | remove salt from |
| desalination13 | the removal of salt (especially from sea water) |
| desalinators13 | |
| desalinizing23 | remove salt from |
| descriptions17 | a statement that represents something in words |
| desecrations15 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character |
| desegregated16 | open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups |
| desegregates15 | open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups |
| desensitized23 | cause not to be sensitive |
| desensitizer22 | |
| desensitizes22 | cause not to be sensitive |
| desertifying20 | |
| deservedness17 | |
| desexualized30 | direct one's libidinous urges into another direction |
| desexualizes29 | direct one's libidinous urges into another direction |
| desiccations17 | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| desiderating15 | |
| desideration14 | |
| desiderative17 | |
| designations14 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| desipramines17 | a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system |
| desirability18 | the quality of being worthy of desiring |
| desirousness13 | |
| desolateness13 | |
| desolatingly17 | |
| despairingly19 | with desperation |
| desperations15 | a state in which all hope is lost or absent |
| despisements17 | |
| despitefully21 | in a maliciously spiteful manner |
| despiteously18 | |
| despoilments17 | the act of stripping and taking by force |
| despoliation15 | the act of stripping and taking by force |
| despondences18 | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| despondently19 | with desperation |
| despotically20 | |
| desquamating25 | peel off in scales |
| desquamation24 | loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales |
| dessertspoon15 | as much as a dessert spoon will hold |
| destabilized25 | become unstable |
| destabilizes24 | become unstable |
| destinations13 | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) |
| destitutions13 | a state without friends or money or prospects |
| destructible17 | easily destroyed |
| destructions15 | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| desulfurized26 | remove sulfur from |
| desulfurizes25 | remove sulfur from |
| detachedness19 | |
| detailedness14 | |
| detasselling14 | |
| detergencies16 | detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power |
| deteriorated14 | become worse or disintegrate |
| deteriorates13 | become worse or disintegrate |
| determinable17 | capable of being determined or limited or fixed |
| determinably20 | |
| determinants15 | a determining or causal element or factor |
| determinator15 | |
| determinedly19 | with determination; in a determined manner |
| determinisms17 | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will |
| determinists15 | anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
| detestations13 | hate coupled with disgust |
| dethronement18 | the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office |
| detonability18 | |
| detoxicating23 | remove poison from |
| detoxication22 | |
| detractively21 | |
| detrainments15 | |
| detribalized25 | cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity |
| detribalizes24 | cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity |
| detrimentals15 | |
| detumescence19 | diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen |
| deuteranopes15 | |
| deuteranopia15 | dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red |
| deuteranopic17 | inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red |
| deuterations13 | |
| deuterostome15 | |
| devaluations16 | an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries |
| devastations16 | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| developments20 | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining |
| deverbatives21 | |
| deviationism18 | ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) |
| deviationist16 | an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) |
| devilishness19 | |
| devitalizing26 | sap of life or energy |
| devitrifying23 | become crystalline |
| devocalizing28 | |
| devotionally19 | |
| devoutnesses16 | piety by virtue of being devout |
| dextrorotary23 | rotating to the right |
| diabetogenic18 | |
| diabolically20 | as a devil; in an evil manner |
| diageotropic18 | |
| diagnoseable16 | |
| diagnostical16 | |
| diagonalized24 | transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix |
| diagonalizes23 | transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix |
| diagrammable20 | |
| diagrammatic20 | shown or represented by diagrams |
| dialectician17 | a logician skilled in dialectic |
| dialectology19 | the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects |
| dialogically19 | |
| diamagnetism18 | phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet |
| diamondbacks24 | large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings |
| diaphanously21 | |
| diaphoretics20 | used to produce perspiration |
| diaphragming22 | |
| diapositives18 | |
| diastereomer15 | |
| diastrophism20 | the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust |
| diatessarons13 | |
| diatomaceous17 | |
| diatonically18 | |
| dibenzofuran27 | |
| dicarboxylic29 | containing two carboxyls per molecule |
| dichlorvoses21 | |
| dichotically23 | |
| dichotomists20 | |
| dichotomized30 | divide into two opposing groups or kinds |
| dichotomizes29 | divide into two opposing groups or kinds |
| dichromatism22 | a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) |
| dichroscopes22 | |
| dicotyledons19 | flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside |
| dictatorship20 | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| dictionaries15 | a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them |
| dictyosteles18 | |
| didactically21 | in a didactic manner |
| didacticisms20 | communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive |
| diencephalic22 | |
| diencephalon20 | the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon |
| dietetically18 | |
| differencing22 | |
| differentiae19 | distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) |
| differential19 | the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx |
| difficulties21 | an effort that is inconvenient |
| diffractions21 | when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands |
| diffusionism21 | |
| diffusionist19 | |
| difunctional18 | |
| digitalizing24 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer |
| digitization23 | conversion of analog information into digital information |
| diglycerides20 | |
| digressional14 | |
| digressively20 | |
| dilapidating17 | bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse |
| dilapidation16 | a state of deterioration due to old age or long use |
| dilatability18 | |
| dilatational13 | |
| dilatometers15 | |
| dilatometric17 | |
| dilatoriness13 | slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it |
| dilettantish16 | showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish |
| dilettantism15 | |
| dillydallied18 | |
| dillydallies17 | postpone doing what one should be doing |
| dilutenesses13 | |
| dimensioning16 | indicate the dimensions on |
| dimercaprols19 | |
| dimerization24 | |
| diminishable20 | |
| diminishment20 | |
| diminutively21 | |
| dinucleotide16 | |
| dipeptidases18 | |
| diphosphates23 | |
| diphtheritic23 | |
| diphtheroids22 | |
| diphthonging23 | |
| diphthongize31 | change from a simple vowel to a diphthong |
| diploblastic19 | |
| diplodocuses18 | a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America |
| diplomatists17 | an official engaged in international negotiations |
| dipsomaniacs19 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
| dipterocarps19 | tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae |
| directedness16 | |
| directnesses15 | trueness of course toward a goal |
| directorates15 | a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution |
| directorship20 | the position of a director of a business concern |
| directresses15 | |
| disabilities15 | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| disablements17 | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| disaccharide21 | any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
| disaccording19 | be different from one another |
| disaccustoms19 | |
| disadvantage18 | the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position |
| disaffecting22 | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| disaffection21 | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
| disaffiliate19 | |
| disaffirming22 | |
| disaggregate16 | |
| disagreeable16 | not to your liking |
| disagreeably19 | in a disagreeable manner |
| disagreement16 | a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters |
| disallowance18 | |
| disambiguate18 | state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from |
| disannulling14 | |
| disappearing18 | the act of leaving secretly or without explanation |
| disappointed18 | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
| disapprovals20 | a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing |
| disapprovers20 | |
| disapproving21 | consider bad or wrong |
| disarmaments17 | act of reducing or depriving of arms |
| disarranging15 | destroy the arrangement or order of |
| disassembled18 | take apart into its constituent pieces |
| disassembles17 | take apart into its constituent pieces |
| disassociate15 | part; cease or break association with |
| disastrously16 | in a disastrous manner |
| disbandments18 | the act of disbanding |
| disbelievers18 | someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) |
| disbelieving19 | reject as false; refuse to accept |
| disbowelling19 | |
| disbranching21 | |
| disburdening17 | take the burden off; remove the burden from |
| disbursement17 | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) |
| discerningly19 | |
| discernments17 | the cognitive condition of someone who understands |
| discipleship22 | the position of disciple |
| disciplinary20 | relating to discipline in behavior |
| discipliners17 | |
| disciplining18 | develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control |
| disclamation17 | |
| discographer21 | |
| discographic23 | |
| discolouring16 | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| discomfiting21 | cause to lose one's composure |
| discomfiture20 | anxious embarrassment |
| discomforted21 | |
| discommended21 | |
| discommoding21 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| discomposing20 | cause to lose one's composure |
| discomposure19 | anxious embarrassment |
| disconcerted18 | cause to feel embarrassment |
| disconfirmed21 | |
| disconnected18 | pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable |
| disconsolate15 | sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled |
| discontented16 | make dissatisfied |
| discontinued16 | put an end to a state or an activity |
| discontinues15 | put an end to a state or an activity |
| discordances18 | a harsh mixture of sounds |
| discordantly19 | in a discordant manner |
| discotheques27 | a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music |
| discountable17 | |
| discouragers16 | |
| discouraging17 | try to prevent; show opposition to |
| discourteous15 | showing no courtesy; rude |
| discoverable20 | capable of being ascertained or found out |
| discrediting17 | cause to be distrusted or disbelieved |
| discreetness15 | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress |
| discrepantly20 | |
| discreteness15 | the state of being several and distinct |
| discriminant17 | |
| discriminate17 | recognize or perceive the difference |
| discursively21 | in a rambling manner |
| disdainfully20 | in a proud and domineering manner |
| diseconomies17 | |
| disembarking22 | go ashore |
| disembarrass17 | relieve from |
| disembodying22 | free from a body or physical form or reality |
| disemboguing19 | |
| disemboweled21 | remove the entrails of |
| disemploying21 | |
| disenchanted19 | free from enchantment |
| disenchanter18 | |
| disencumbers19 | release from entanglement of difficulty |
| disendowment19 | |
| disentailing14 | |
| disentangled15 | release from entanglement of difficulty |
| disentangles14 | release from entanglement of difficulty |
| disenthralls16 | |
| disentitling14 | |
| disestablish18 | deprive (an established church) of its status |
| disesteeming16 | have little or no respect for; hold in contempt |
| disfavouring20 | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm |
| disfranchise21 | deprive of voting rights |
| disfunctions18 | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
| disfurnished20 | |
| disfurnishes19 | |
| disgruntling15 | put into a bad mood or into bad humour |
| disguisement16 | |
| disgustfully20 | |
| disgustingly18 | in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree |
| disharmonies18 | a lack of harmony |
| disharmonize27 | cause to sound harsh and unpleasant |
| disheartened17 | take away the enthusiasm of |
| dishevelling20 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel |
| dishonesties16 | the quality of being dishonest |
| dishonorable18 | lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor |
| dishonorably21 | in a dishonorable manner |
| disillusions13 | freeing from false belief or illusions |
| disincentive18 | a negative motivational influence |
| disinclining16 | make unwilling |
| disinfectant18 | an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease |
| disinfecting19 | destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing |
| disinfection18 | treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms |
| disinfestant16 | |
| disinfesting17 | rid of vermin |
| disinflation16 | a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments |
| disinforming19 | |
| disingenuous14 | not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; - David Cannadine |
| disinherited17 | prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting |
| disinhibited19 | |
| disintegrate14 | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity |
| disinterests13 | tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement |
| disinterment15 | the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried |
| disinterring14 | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies |
| disinvesting17 | deprive of status or authority |
| disjointedly24 | in a disjointed manner |
| disjunctions22 | state of being disconnected |
| disjunctives25 | |
| disjunctures22 | state of being disconnected |
| dislocations15 | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity |
| dislodgement17 | forced removal from a position of advantage |
| dislodgments17 | forced removal from a position of advantage |
| disloyalties16 | the quality of being disloyal |
| dismalnesses15 | |
| dismembering20 | separate the limbs from the body |
| dismissively21 | |
| disobedience18 | the failure to obey |
| disorderedly18 | |
| disorganized24 | remove the organization from |
| disorganizes23 | remove the organization from |
| disorientate13 | cause to be lost or disoriented |
| disorienting14 | cause to be lost or disoriented |
| dispensaries15 | clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed |
| dispensation15 | an exemption from some rule or obligation |
| dispensatory18 | |
| dispersively21 | |
| dispiritedly19 | in a dispirited manner without hope |
| displaceable19 | |
| displacement19 | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics |
| displeasures15 | the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something |
| disportments17 | |
| dispositions15 | your usual mood |
| dispossessed16 | deprive of the possession of real estate |
| dispossesses15 | deprive of the possession of real estate |
| dispossessor15 | |
| disputations15 | the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) |
| disputatious15 | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
| disqualified26 | make unfit or unsuitable |
| disqualifies25 | make unfit or unsuitable |
| disquietudes23 | feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable |
| disquisition22 | an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion |
| disregardful18 | |
| disregarding16 | refuse to acknowledge |
| disrelations13 | |
| disrelishing17 | |
| disremembers19 | |
| disreputable17 | lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance |
| disreputably20 | in a disreputable manner |
| disrespected18 | show a lack of respect for |
| disruptively21 | in a disruptive manner |
| dissatisfied17 | fail to satisfy |
| dissatisfies16 | fail to satisfy |
| disseminated16 | cause to become widely known |
| disseminates15 | cause to become widely known |
| disseminator15 | someone who spreads the news |
| disseminules15 | |
| dissentients13 | |
| dissepiments17 | |
| dissertating14 | talk at length and formally about a topic |
| dissertation13 | a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree |
| dissertators13 | |
| disseverance18 | |
| disseverment18 | |
| dissimilarly18 | |
| dissimilated16 | become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities |
| dissimilates15 | become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities |
| dissimulated16 | hide (feelings) from other people |
| dissimulates15 | hide (feelings) from other people |
| dissimulator15 | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
| dissipatedly19 | |
| dissipations15 | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| dissociating16 | part; cease or break association with |
| dissociation15 | the act of removing from association |
| dissociative18 | tending to produce dissociation |
| dissolutions13 | separation into component parts |
| dissuasively19 | |
| dissyllables18 | a word having two syllables |
| dissymmetric22 | |
| distemperate17 | |
| distempering18 | paint with distemper |
| distillation13 | the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors |
| distilleries13 | a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation |
| distinctions15 | a discrimination between things as different and distinct |
| distinctness15 | the quality of being sharp and clear |
| distortional13 | |
| distractable17 | |
| distractedly19 | in a distracted manner |
| distractible17 | |
| distractions15 | mental turmoil |
| distrainable15 | |
| distraughtly20 | |
| distributary18 | a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it |
| distributees15 | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| distributing16 | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| distribution15 | (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence |
| distributive18 | serving to distribute or allot or disperse |
| distributors15 | someone who markets merchandise |
| disturbances17 | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption |
| disturbingly19 | in a disturbing manner |
| disunionists13 | |
| disutilities13 | |
| ditchdiggers21 | |
| ditransitive16 | |
| diuretically18 | |
| divaricating19 | branch off |
| divarication18 | branching at a wide angle |
| divergencies19 | an infinite series that has no limit |
| diversifiers19 | |
| diversifying23 | make (more) diverse |
| diversionary19 | (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive |
| diversionist16 | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks |
| diverticular18 | |
| diverticulum20 | a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) |
| divertimenti18 | a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form |
| divertimento18 | a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form |
| divestitures16 | an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior |
| dividendless18 | |
| divisibility21 | the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons |
| divisionisms18 | |
| divisionists16 | |
| divisiveness19 | |
| divorcements20 | the legal dissolution of a marriage |
| doctrinaires15 | a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions |
| documentable19 | |
| dodecahedral20 | |
| dodecahedron20 | any polyhedron having twelve plane faces |
| dodecaphonic23 | |
| doggednesses16 | persistent determination |
| dogmatically21 | in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner |
| dolomitizing25 | |
| dolorousness13 | |
| domestically20 | with respect to the internal affairs of a government |
| domesticated18 | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| domesticates17 | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| domiciliated18 | make one's home in a particular place or community |
| domiciliates17 | make one's home in a particular place or community |
| dominatrices17 | |
| dopaminergic20 | |
| doppelganger19 | a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart |
| dorsiventral16 | |
| dorsolateral13 | |
| dorsoventral16 | extending from the back to the belly |
| doubleheader19 | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
| doublenesses15 | |
| doublespeaks21 | any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not |
| doublethinks22 | believing two contradictory ideas at the same time |
| doubtfulness18 | the state of being unsure of something |
| doughnutlike21 | |
| douroucoulis15 | nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur |
| dovishnesses19 | any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict |
| downloadable19 | |
| downshifting23 | |
| downtrending18 | |
| downwardness20 | |
| doxorubicins24 | an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug |
| doxycyclines30 | an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections |
| draftinesses16 | |
| draftsperson18 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| dramatically20 | in a very impressive manner |
| dramatizable26 | |
| dramaturgies16 | the art of writing and producing plays |
| drapeability20 | |
| dreadfulness17 | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| dreadnoughts18 | battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber |
| dreamfulness18 | |
| dreaminesses15 | a relaxed comfortable feeling |
| drearinesses13 | extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest |
| dressinesses13 | |
| dressmakings20 | the craft of making dresses |
| drillability18 | |
| drillmasters15 | |
| drinkability22 | |
| driveability21 | |
| drivennesses16 | |
| droughtiness17 | |
| drowsinesses16 | a very sleepy state |
| drumbeatings18 | |
| drysalteries16 | |
| dumbfounders21 | |
| dumbfounding22 | be a mystery or bewildering to |
| dumortierite15 | |
| dunderheaded19 | |
| duodecillion16 | |
| duplications17 | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly |
| durabilities15 | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force |
| dwarfishness22 | smallness of stature |
| dyeabilities18 | |
| dynamometers20 | measuring instrument designed to measure power |
| dynamometric22 | |
| dynastically21 | |
| dysfunctions21 | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
| dysmenorrhea21 | painful menstruation |
| dysphemistic25 | substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one |
| dysrhythmias27 | |
| Word | Definition |
| dactylology21 | |
| daffinesses18 | |
| dailinesses12 | |
| dailynesses15 | |
| damascening17 | inlay metal with gold and silver |
| damaskeened19 | |
| damselflies17 | slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest |
| dangerously16 | in a dangerous manner |
| daredevilry19 | boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior |
| darlingness13 | |
| datednesses13 | |
| daunomycins19 | |
| dauntlessly15 | without fear |
| daydreamers18 | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming |
| daydreaming19 | absentminded dreaming while awake |
| daylighting20 | |
| dazednesses22 | |
| deacidified19 | |
| deacidifies18 | |
| deaconesses14 | a woman deacon |
| deactivated18 | remove from active military status or reassign |
| deactivates17 | remove from active military status or reassign |
| deactivator17 | |
| deadeningly17 | |
| deadheading18 | |
| deadlifting17 | |
| deadlocking20 | |
| deadpanners15 | |
| deadpanning16 | |
| deadweights20 | |
| deaerations12 | |
| deafeningly19 | |
| dealerships17 | a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area |
| deaminating15 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deamination14 | removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound |
| deaminizing24 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deathlessly18 | |
| debarkation18 | the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft |
| debasements16 | being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |
| debatements16 | |
| debilitated15 | make weak |
| debilitates14 | make weak |
| debouchment21 | |
| debridement17 | surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing |
| decadencies17 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| decahedrons18 | any polyhedron having ten plane faces |
| decalcified20 | lose calcium or calcium compounds |
| decalcifies19 | lose calcium or calcium compounds |
| decampments20 | the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
| decantation14 | the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees |
| decapitated17 | cut the head of |
| decapitates16 | cut the head of |
| decapitator16 | |
| decarbonate16 | remove carbon dioxide from |
| decarbonize25 | remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decarburize25 | remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decathletes17 | |
| deceitfully20 | in a corrupt and deceitful manner |
| deceivingly21 | in a misleading way |
| decelerated15 | lose velocity; move more slowly |
| decelerates14 | lose velocity; move more slowly |
| decelerator14 | |
| decemvirate19 | |
| decennaries14 | a period of 10 years |
| decennially17 | |
| decentering15 | |
| deceptional16 | |
| deceptively22 | in a misleading way |
| decerebrate16 | remove the cerebrum from (a human body) |
| decertified18 | |
| decertifies17 | cause to be no longer approved or accepted |
| decidedness16 | |
| decimalized26 | change from fractions to decimals |
| decimalizes25 | change from fractions to decimals |
| decimations16 | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
| decipherers19 | the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text |
| deciphering20 | convert code into ordinary language |
| decisioning15 | |
| declamation16 | vehement oratory |
| declamatory19 | ostentatiously lofty in style |
| declaration14 | a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) |
| declarative17 | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
| declaratory17 | relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration |
| declensions14 | the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages |
| declination14 | a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state |
| declivities17 | a downward slope or bend |
| declivitous17 | sloping down rather steeply |
| decollating15 | cut the head of |
| decollation14 | |
| decolletage15 | a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress |
| decolonized24 | grant independence to (a former colony) |
| decolonizes23 | grant independence to (a former colony) |
| decolorized24 | remove color from |
| decolorizer23 | |
| decolorizes23 | remove color from |
| decolouring15 | remove color from |
| decomposers18 | |
| decomposing19 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
| decondition15 | |
| decongested16 | |
| deconstruct16 | interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing |
| decorations14 | something used to beautify |
| decorticate16 | remove the outer layer of |
| decoupaging18 | |
| decremental16 | |
| decrepitate16 | undergo decrepitation and crackle |
| decrepitude17 | a state of deterioration due to old age or long use |
| decrescendo17 | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| decryptions19 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text |
| decussating15 | cross or intersect so as to form a cross |
| decussation14 | an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X |
| dedicatedly19 | |
| dedications15 | complete and wholehearted fidelity |
| deductibles17 | (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) |
| deductively21 | |
| deepfreezes26 | electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time |
| deerberries14 | small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer |
| deerstalker16 | a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters |
| defacements19 | the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something |
| defalcating18 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| defalcation17 | the sum of money that is misappropriated |
| defalcators17 | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use |
| defamations17 | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| defeasances17 | |
| defecations17 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus |
| defectively23 | in a defective manner |
| defeminized27 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) |
| defeminizes26 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) |
| defenseless15 | lacking protection or support |
| defensively21 | in an apologetic and defensive manner |
| deferential15 | showing deference |
| deferrables17 | |
| defibrinate17 | remove fibrin from (blood) |
| deficiently20 | |
| defilements17 | the state of being polluted |
| definements17 | |
| definiendum18 | |
| definientia15 | |
| definitions15 | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol |
| definitives18 | |
| definitized25 | |
| definitizes24 | |
| definitudes16 | |
| deflagrated17 | cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity |
| deflagrates16 | cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity |
| deflectable19 | |
| deflections17 | a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting |
| defloration15 | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something |
| deflowerers18 | |
| deflowering19 | deprive of virginity |
| defocussing18 | |
| defoliating16 | strip the leaves or branches from |
| defoliation15 | the loss of foliage |
| defoliators15 | an insect that strips the leaves from plants |
| deforcement19 | |
| deforesting16 | remove the trees from |
| deformalize26 | |
| deformation17 | a change for the worse |
| deformative20 | |
| deformities17 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed |
| degendering15 | |
| degenerated14 | grow worse |
| degenerates13 | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
| deglaciated16 | |
| deglamorize24 | |
| deglutition13 | the act of swallowing |
| degradation14 | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
| degradative17 | |
| degradingly18 | |
| degustation13 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality |
| dehiscences19 | (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound |
| dehumanized27 | deprive of human qualities |
| dehumanizes26 | deprive of human qualities |
| dehydrating20 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| dehydration19 | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| dehydrators19 | |
| deification17 | the condition of being treated like a god |
| deinonychus20 | swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous |
| deistically17 | |
| delaminated15 | |
| delaminates14 | |
| delectables16 | |
| delectating15 | |
| delectation14 | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction |
| delegations13 | a group of representatives or delegates |
| deleterious12 | harmful to living things |
| deliberated15 | think about carefully; weigh |
| deliberates14 | think about carefully; weigh |
| deliciously17 | in a very pleasurable manner |
| delightedly20 | with delight |
| delightsome18 | |
| delineating13 | show the form or outline of |
| delineation12 | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
| delineative15 | depicted in a recognizable manner |
| delineators12 | |
| delinquency26 | nonpayment of a debt when due |
| delinquents21 | a young offender |
| deliquesced24 | melt away in the process of decay |
| deliquesces23 | melt away in the process of decay |
| deliriously15 | as if in a delirium |
| deliverable17 | something that can be provided as the product of development |
| deliverance17 | recovery or preservation from loss or danger |
| deliveryman20 | someone employed to make deliveries |
| deliverymen20 | someone employed to make deliveries |
| delocalized24 | remove from the proper or usual locality |
| delocalizes23 | remove from the proper or usual locality |
| delphically22 | |
| delphiniums19 | any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
| delusionary15 | |
| delustering13 | |
| demagnetize24 | erase (a magnetic storage device) |
| demagoguery19 | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace |
| demagoguing17 | |
| demandingly19 | in a demanding manner |
| demarcating17 | separate clearly, as if by boundaries |
| demarcation16 | the boundary of a specific area |
| demergering16 | |
| demigoddess17 | |
| demiurgical17 | |
| demobilized26 | release from military service or remove from the active list of military service |
| demobilizes25 | release from military service or remove from the active list of military service |
| democracies18 | the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives |
| democratize25 | become (more) democratic; of nations |
| demodulated16 | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| demodulates15 | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| demodulator15 | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave |
| demographer20 | a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics |
| demographic22 | a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) |
| demoiselles14 | a young unmarried woman |
| demolishers17 | |
| demolishing18 | complete destruction of a building |
| demolitions14 | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
| demonetized24 | deprive of value for payment |
| demonetizes23 | deprive of value for payment |
| demonically19 | |
| demonstrate14 | give an exhibition of to an interested audience |
| demoralized24 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| demoralizer23 | |
| demoralizes23 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| demountable16 | |
| demulsified18 | cause to demulsify |
| demulsifies17 | cause to demulsify |
| demystified21 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| demystifies20 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| denaturants12 | any substance that serves as a denaturing agent |
| denazifying28 | free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance |
| dendrograms16 | |
| dendrologic16 | |
| denegations13 | |
| denervating16 | |
| denervation15 | |
| deniability17 | |
| denigrating14 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| denigration13 | a belittling comment |
| denigrative16 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
| denigrators13 | |
| denigratory16 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
| denitrating13 | |
| denitrified16 | remove nitrogen from |
| denitrifier15 | |
| denitrifies15 | remove nitrogen from |
| denominated15 | assign a name or title to |
| denominates14 | assign a name or title to |
| denominator14 | the divisor of a fraction |
| denotations12 | the act of indicating or pointing out by name |
| denotements14 | |
| denouements14 | the outcome of a complex sequence of events |
| densenesses12 | the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
| dentalities12 | |
| denticulate14 | having a very finely toothed margin |
| dentifrices17 | a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush |
| dentistries12 | the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth |
| denudations13 | the removal of covering |
| denudements15 | |
| denumerable16 | that can be counted |
| denumerably19 | |
| deodorizers22 | |
| deodorizing23 | eliminate the odor from |
| deoxidation20 | |
| deoxidizers29 | |
| deoxidizing30 | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons |
| deoxygenate23 | remove oxygen from (water) |
| deoxyribose24 | a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids |
| departments16 | a specialized division of a large organization |
| depauperate16 | |
| dependances17 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| dependences17 | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else |
| dependently18 | |
| depilations14 | the condition of being void of hair |
| deploringly18 | |
| deployments19 | the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work |
| depolarized24 | eliminate the polarization of |
| depolarizer23 | |
| depolarizes23 | eliminate the polarization of |
| depolishing18 | |
| depopulated17 | reduce in population |
| depopulates16 | reduce in population |
| deportation14 | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| deportments16 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| depositions14 | the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
| depravation17 | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
| depravement19 | |
| depravities17 | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
| deprecating17 | express strong disapproval of; deplore |
| deprecation16 | a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster |
| deprecatory19 | tending to diminish or disparage |
| depreciable18 | |
| depreciated17 | belittle |
| depreciates16 | belittle |
| depreciator16 | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| depredating16 | |
| depredation15 | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding |
| depredators15 | |
| depredatory18 | |
| depressants14 | a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person |
| depressible16 | |
| depressions14 | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
| depressives17 | someone suffering psychological depression |
| deprivation17 | a state of extreme poverty |
| deprogramed18 | |
| deputations14 | a group of representatives or delegates |
| deracinated15 | move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment |
| deracinates14 | move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment |
| derailleurs12 | |
| derailments14 | an accident in which a train runs off its track |
| derangement15 | a state of mental disturbance and disorientation |
| deregulated14 | lift the regulations on |
| deregulates13 | lift the regulations on |
| dereliction14 | a tendency to be negligent and uncaring |
| derepressed15 | |
| derepresses14 | |
| derivations15 | the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| derivatives18 | the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx |
| derivatized25 | |
| derivatizes24 | |
| dermatogens15 | |
| dermatology18 | the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases |
| derogations13 | a communication that belittles somebody or something |
| desacralize23 | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control |
| desalinated13 | remove salt from |
| desalinates12 | remove salt from |
| desalinator12 | |
| desalinized22 | remove salt from |
| desalinizes21 | remove salt from |
| descendants15 | all of the offspring of a given progenitor |
| descendents15 | a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| descendible17 | |
| descensions14 | |
| describable18 | capable of being described |
| description16 | a statement that represents something in words |
| descriptive19 | serving to describe or inform or characterized by description |
| descriptors16 | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something |
| desecraters14 | |
| desecrating15 | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| desecration14 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character |
| desecrators14 | |
| desegregate14 | open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups |
| deselecting15 | |
| desensitize21 | cause not to be sensitive |
| desertified16 | |
| desertifies15 | |
| desexualize28 | direct one's libidinous urges into another direction |
| deshabilles17 | the state of being carelessly or partially dressed |
| desiccating17 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| desiccation16 | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| desiccative19 | |
| desiccators16 | |
| desiderated14 | |
| desiderates13 | |
| desideratum15 | something desired as a necessity |
| designating14 | assign a name or title to |
| designation13 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| designative16 | serving to designate |
| designators13 | |
| designatory16 | |
| designments15 | |
| desilvering16 | |
| desipramine16 | a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system |
| desistances14 | |
| desolations12 | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| desorptions14 | changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state |
| despatching20 | send away towards a designated goal |
| desperadoes15 | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| desperately17 | with great urgency |
| desperation14 | a state in which all hope is lost or absent |
| despisement16 | |
| despoilment16 | the act of stripping and taking by force |
| despondence17 | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| despondency20 | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| despumating17 | |
| desquamated24 | peel off in scales |
| desquamates23 | peel off in scales |
| destabilize23 | become unstable |
| destination12 | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) |
| destituting13 | |
| destitution12 | a state without friends or money or prospects |
| destructing15 | destroy (one's own missile or rocket) |
| destruction14 | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| destructive17 | causing destruction or much damage |
| desulfuring16 | |
| desulfurize24 | remove sulfur from |
| desultorily15 | |
| detachments19 | avoiding emotional involvement |
| detainments14 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| detasseling13 | |
| detasselled13 | |
| deteriorate12 | become worse or disintegrate |
| determinacy19 | |
| determinant14 | a determining or causal element or factor |
| determinate14 | precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause |
| determiners14 | an argument that is conclusive |
| determining15 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| determinism16 | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will |
| determinist14 | anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
| deterrences14 | a negative motivational influence |
| deterrently15 | |
| detestation12 | hate coupled with disgust |
| dethatching21 | |
| detonatable14 | |
| detonations12 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
| detoxicants21 | |
| detoxicated22 | remove poison from |
| detoxicates21 | remove poison from |
| detoxifying26 | remove poison from |
| detractions14 | a petty disparagement |
| detrainment14 | |
| detribalize23 | cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity |
| detrimental14 | (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury |
| detumescent16 | |
| deuteranope14 | |
| deuterating13 | |
| deuteration12 | |
| deutoplasms16 | |
| devaluating16 | remove the value from; deprive of its value |
| devaluation15 | an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries |
| devastating16 | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| devastation15 | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| devastative18 | |
| devastators15 | |
| developable19 | |
| development19 | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining |
| deverbative20 | |
| devilfishes21 | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
| deviousness15 | the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly |
| devitalized25 | sap of life or energy |
| devitalizes24 | sap of life or energy |
| devitrified19 | become crystalline |
| devitrifies18 | become crystalline |
| devocalized27 | |
| devocalizes26 | |
| devolutions15 | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
| devotedness16 | feelings of ardent love |
| devotements17 | |
| devotionals15 | a short religious service |
| dexterities19 | adroitness in using the hands |
| dexterously22 | with dexterity; in a dexterous manner |
| dextranases19 | |
| diabolizing24 | turn into a devil or make devilish |
| diachronies17 | the study of linguistic change |
| diacritical16 | capable of distinguishing; ; - S.F.Nadel |
| diadelphous18 | |
| diagnosable15 | capable of being diagnosed |
| diagnostics15 | the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease |
| diagonalize22 | transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix |
| diagramming18 | providing a chart or outline of a system |
| dialectally17 | |
| dialectical16 | of or relating to or employing dialectic |
| dialogistic15 | |
| diamagnetic17 | relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet |
| diametrical16 | related to or along a diameter |
| diamondback23 | large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings |
| diaphaneity20 | |
| diaphorases17 | |
| diaphoreses17 | |
| diaphoresis17 | the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid |
| diaphoretic19 | used to produce perspiration |
| diaphragmed21 | |
| diapositive17 | |
| diarthroses15 | a joint so articulated as to move freely |
| diarthrosis15 | a joint so articulated as to move freely |
| diastrophic19 | |
| diatessaron12 | |
| diathermies17 | a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents |
| diazotizing31 | convert (an amine) into a diazo compound |
| dichogamies20 | |
| dichogamous20 | |
| dichotomies19 | being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses |
| dichotomist19 | |
| dichotomize28 | divide into two opposing groups or kinds |
| dichotomous19 | divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications |
| dichromates19 | a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid |
| dichromatic21 | of or relating to dichromatism |
| dichroscope21 | |
| dickcissels20 | |
| dicotyledon18 | flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside |
| dicoumarins16 | |
| dicoumarols16 | an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin |
| dictatorial14 | of or characteristic of a dictator |
| dictionally17 | |
| dictyosomes19 | a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) |
| dictyostele17 | |
| dicynodonts18 | a kind of therapsid |
| didacticism19 | communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive |
| didgeridoos15 | |
| didjeridoos21 | |
| dielectrics16 | a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity |
| diencephala19 | |
| dieselizing22 | |
| differenced21 | |
| differences20 | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
| differentia18 | distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) |
| differently21 | in another and different manner |
| difficultly23 | |
| diffidences21 | lack of self-confidence |
| diffidently22 | in a diffident manner |
| diffracting21 | undergo diffraction |
| diffraction20 | when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands |
| diffuseness18 | the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume |
| diffusional18 | |
| diffusively24 | |
| diffusivity24 | |
| digestively19 | |
| digitalises13 | a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove |
| digitalized23 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer |
| digitalizes22 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer |
| digitigrade15 | an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
| diglyceride19 | |
| dignitaries13 | an important or influential (and often overbearing) person |
| digressions13 | a message that departs from the main subject |
| dilapidated16 | bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse |
| dilapidates15 | bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse |
| dilatancies14 | |
| dilatations12 | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| dilatometer14 | |
| dilatometry17 | |
| dilettantes12 | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge |
| dimensional14 | of or relating to dimensions |
| dimensioned15 | indicate the dimensions on |
| dimercaprol18 | |
| dimethoates17 | |
| dimidiating16 | |
| diminishing18 | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| diminuendos15 | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| diminutions14 | change toward something smaller or lower |
| diminutives17 | a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness |
| dimorphisms21 | (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms |
| dingdonging16 | go `ding dong', like a bell |
| dinginesses13 | discoloration due to dirtiness |
| dingleberry18 | |
| dinnertimes14 | the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal |
| dinnerwares15 | the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal |
| dinosaurian12 | |
| dioestruses12 | |
| dipeptidase17 | |
| diphosgenes18 | |
| diphosphate22 | |
| diphtherial20 | |
| diphtherias20 | acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing |
| diphtheroid21 | |
| diphthongal21 | |
| diphthonged22 | |
| diplococcus20 | Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs |
| diplomacies18 | negotiation between nations |
| diplomatist16 | an official engaged in international negotiations |
| diplophases19 | |
| dippinesses16 | |
| dipsomaniac18 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
| dipsomanias16 | an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess |
| dipterocarp18 | tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae |
| directional14 | relating to or indicating directions in space |
| directivity20 | the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another |
| directorate14 | a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution |
| directorial14 | |
| directories14 | an alphabetical list of names and addresses |
| directrices16 | |
| directrixes21 | |
| dirtinesses12 | the state of being unsanitary |
| disablement16 | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| disaccorded18 | be different from one another |
| disaccustom18 | |
| disaffected21 | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| disaffirmed21 | |
| disagreeing14 | be of different opinions |
| disallowing16 | command against |
| disannulled13 | |
| disappeared17 | get lost, as without warning or explanation |
| disappoints16 | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
| disapproval19 | a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing |
| disapproved20 | consider bad or wrong |
| disapprover19 | |
| disapproves19 | consider bad or wrong |
| disarmament16 | act of reducing or depriving of arms |
| disarmingly18 | |
| disarranged14 | destroy the arrangement or order of |
| disarranges13 | destroy the arrangement or order of |
| disarraying16 | bring disorder to |
| disassemble16 | take apart into its constituent pieces |
| disassembly19 | the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) |
| disavowable20 | capable of being disavowed |
| disbandment17 | the act of disbanding |
| disbarments16 | the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law |
| disbelieved18 | reject as false; refuse to accept |
| disbeliever17 | someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) |
| disbelieves17 | doubt about the truth of something |
| disbenefits17 | |
| disbosoming17 | |
| disboweling18 | |
| disbowelled18 | |
| disbranched20 | |
| disbranches19 | |
| disburdened16 | take the burden off; remove the burden from |
| discardable17 | |
| discernable16 | perceptible by the senses or intellect |
| discernible16 | perceptible by the senses or intellect |
| discernibly19 | |
| discernment16 | the cognitive condition of someone who understands |
| dischargees18 | complete or carry out |
| dischargers18 | |
| discharging19 | complete or carry out |
| disciplinal16 | designed to promote discipline |
| disciplined17 | develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control |
| discipliner16 | |
| disciplines16 | a branch of knowledge |
| disclaimers16 | (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something |
| disclaiming17 | renounce a legal claim or title to |
| disclimaxes23 | |
| disclosures14 | the speech act of making something evident |
| discography23 | a descriptive catalog of musical recordings |
| discoloring15 | lose color or turn colorless |
| discoloured15 | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| discomfited20 | people who are defeated |
| discomforts19 | the state of being tense and feeling pain |
| discommends19 | |
| discommoded20 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| discommodes19 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| discomposed19 | cause to lose one's composure |
| discomposes18 | cause to lose one's composure |
| disconcerts16 | cause to feel embarrassment |
| disconfirms19 | |
| disconnects16 | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) |
| discontents14 | a longing for something better than the present situation |
| discontinue14 | put an end to a state or an activity |
| discophiles19 | |
| discordance17 | a harsh mixture of sounds |
| discordancy20 | |
| discotheque26 | a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music |
| discounters14 | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
| discounting15 | bar from attention or consideration |
| discouraged16 | try to prevent; show opposition to |
| discourager15 | |
| discourages15 | try to prevent; show opposition to |
| discoursers14 | |
| discoursing15 | to consider or examine in speech or writing |
| discourtesy17 | an expression of lack of respect |
| discoverers17 | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
| discoveries17 | the act of discovering something |
| discovering18 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| discredited16 | cause to be distrusted or disbelieved |
| discreetest14 | marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint |
| discrepancy21 | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
| discretions14 | freedom to act or judge on one's own |
| discrowning18 | |
| discussable16 | |
| discussants14 | a participant in a formal discussion |
| discussible16 | |
| discussions14 | an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic |
| disembarked21 | go ashore |
| disembodied18 | free from a body or physical form or reality |
| disembodies17 | free from a body or physical form or reality |
| disembogued18 | |
| disembogues17 | |
| disembowels19 | remove the entrails of |
| disemployed20 | |
| disenabling15 | make unable to perform a certain action |
| disenchants17 | free from enchantment |
| disencumber18 | release from entanglement of difficulty |
| disendowers16 | |
| disendowing17 | |
| disengaging15 | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles |
| disentailed13 | |
| disentangle13 | release from entanglement of difficulty |
| disenthrall15 | |
| disenthrals15 | |
| disentitled13 | |
| disentitles12 | |
| disesteemed15 | have little or no respect for; hold in contempt |
| disfavoring19 | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm |
| disfavoured19 | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm |
| disfiguring17 | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| disfrocking22 | |
| disfunction17 | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
| disgraceful18 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray |
| disgruntled14 | put into a bad mood or into bad humour |
| disgruntles13 | put into a bad mood or into bad humour |
| disguisedly17 | |
| disgustedly17 | with disgust |
| dishabilles17 | the state of being carelessly or partially dressed |
| disheartens15 | take away the enthusiasm of |
| disheriting16 | |
| disheveling19 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel |
| dishevelled19 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel |
| dishonestly18 | in a corrupt and deceitful manner |
| dishonorers15 | |
| dishonoring16 | bring shame or dishonor upon |
| dishwashers21 | a machine for washing dishes |
| disillusion12 | freeing from false belief or illusions |
| disinclined15 | make unwilling |
| disinclines14 | make unwilling |
| disinfected18 | destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing |
| disinfested16 | rid of vermin |
| disinformed18 | |
| disinherits15 | prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting |
| disinhibits17 | |
| disinterest12 | tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement |
| disinterred13 | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies |
| disinvested16 | deprive of status or authority |
| disinviting16 | |
| disjointing20 | part; cease or break association with |
| disjunction21 | state of being disconnected |
| disjunctive24 | serving or tending to divide or separate |
| disjuncture21 | state of being disconnected |
| dislikeable18 | |
| dislocating15 | move out of position |
| dislocation14 | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity |
| dislodgment16 | forced removal from a position of advantage |
| dismantling15 | the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) |
| dismayingly21 | |
| dismembered19 | separate the limbs from the body |
| dismissions14 | official notice that you have been fired from your job |
| dismounting15 | alight from (a horse) |
| disobedient15 | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
| disobliging16 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| disordering14 | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| disorganize22 | remove the organization from |
| disoriented13 | cause to be lost or disoriented |
| disownments17 | refusal to acknowledge as one's own |
| disparagers15 | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| disparaging16 | express a negative opinion of |
| disparately17 | |
| disparities14 | inequality or difference in some respect |
| dispassions14 | objectivity and detachment |
| dispatchers19 | the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition |
| dispatching20 | send away towards a designated goal |
| dispensable16 | capable of being dispensed with or done without |
| dispeopling17 | |
| dispersants14 | |
| dispersedly18 | |
| dispersible16 | |
| dispersions14 | spreading widely or driving off |
| dispersoids15 | |
| dispiriting15 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
| displanting15 | |
| displayable19 | |
| displeasing15 | give displeasure to |
| displeasure14 | the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something |
| displosions14 | |
| disportment16 | |
| disposables16 | an item that can be disposed of after it has been used |
| disposition14 | your usual mood |
| dispositive17 | |
| dispraisers14 | |
| dispraising15 | |
| dispreading16 | spread abroad or out |
| disprovable19 | |
| disputation14 | the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) |
| disquantity24 | |
| disquieting22 | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| disquietude22 | feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable |
| disregarded15 | refuse to acknowledge |
| disrelation12 | |
| disrelished16 | |
| disrelishes15 | |
| disremember18 | |
| disrespects16 | an expression of lack of respect |
| disruptions14 | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |
| dissections14 | cutting so as to separate into pieces |
| dissemblers16 | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
| dissembling17 | pretending with intention to deceive |
| disseminate14 | cause to become widely known |
| disseminule14 | |
| dissensions12 | disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
| dissensuses12 | |
| dissentient12 | (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England |
| dissentions12 | |
| dissentious12 | dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) |
| dissepiment16 | |
| dissertated13 | talk at length and formally about a topic |
| dissertates12 | talk at length and formally about a topic |
| dissertator12 | |
| disservices17 | an act intended to help that turns out badly |
| dissevering16 | separate into parts or portions |
| dissidences15 | disagreement; especially disagreement with the government |
| dissimilars14 | |
| dissimilate14 | become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities |
| dissimulate14 | hide (feelings) from other people |
| dissipaters14 | |
| dissipating15 | to cause to separate and go in different directions |
| dissipation14 | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| dissipative17 | |
| dissociable16 | capable of being divided or dissociated |
| dissociated15 | part; cease or break association with |
| dissociates14 | part; cease or break association with |
| dissolutely15 | in a dissolute way |
| dissolution12 | separation into component parts |
| dissolvable17 | capable of dissolving |
| dissolvents15 | a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances |
| dissonances14 | a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters |
| dissonantly15 | |
| dissuasions12 | a communication that dissuades you |
| dissyllable17 | a word having two syllables |
| dissymmetry22 | (mathematics) a lack of symmetry |
| distantness12 | |
| distasteful15 | not pleasing in odor or taste |
| distelfinks19 | |
| distempered17 | paint with distemper |
| distensible14 | capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand |
| distensions12 | the act of expanding by pressure from within |
| distentions12 | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| distillates12 | a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling |
| distinctest14 | (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality |
| distinction14 | a discrimination between things as different and distinct |
| distinctive17 | of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; - Curtis Wilkie |
| distinguish16 | mark as different |
| distortions12 | a change for the worse |
| distracting15 | draw someone's attention away from something |
| distraction14 | mental turmoil |
| distractive17 | |
| distrainers12 | |
| distraining13 | levy a distress on |
| distrainors12 | |
| distressful15 | causing distress or worry or anxiety |
| distressing13 | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
| distributed15 | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| distributee14 | |
| distributes14 | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| distributor14 | someone who markets merchandise |
| districting15 | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns |
| distrustful15 | having or showing distrust; ; - B.N.Cardozo; - Thomas Jefferson |
| distrusting13 | regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in |
| disturbance16 | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption |
| disulfirams17 | a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested |
| disulfotons15 | |
| disunionist12 | |
| disyllables17 | a word having two syllables |
| ditchdigger20 | |
| dithyrambic24 | of or in the manner of a dithyramb |
| ditsinesses12 | |
| ditzinesses21 | |
| divagations16 | a message that departs from the main subject |
| divaricated18 | branch off |
| divaricates17 | branch off |
| divebombing22 | |
| divergences18 | the act of moving away in different direction from a common point |
| divergently19 | |
| diverseness15 | noticeable heterogeneity |
| diversified19 | make (more) diverse |
| diversifier18 | |
| diversifies18 | make (more) diverse |
| diversities15 | noticeable heterogeneity |
| diverticula17 | a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) |
| divestiture15 | an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior |
| divestments17 | |
| dividedness17 | |
| divinations15 | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck |
| divisionism17 | |
| divisionist15 | |
| divorcement19 | the legal dissolution of a marriage |
| divulgating17 | |
| divulgences18 | the act of disclosing something that was secret or private |
| dizzinesses30 | a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall |
| dobsonflies17 | large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait |
| dockmasters20 | |
| dockworkers25 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
| doctorships19 | |
| doctrinaire14 | a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions |
| doctrinally17 | as a matter of doctrine |
| documentary19 | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event |
| documenters16 | |
| documenting17 | record in detail |
| dodecahedra19 | |
| dodecaphony23 | |
| dodginesses14 | |
| dogcatchers20 | |
| dogfighting21 | arrange for an illegal dogfight |
| doggishness17 | |
| doggonedest15 | |
| dogmatizers24 | |
| dogmatizing25 | state as a dogma |
| dogsledders15 | |
| dogsledding16 | |
| dogtrotting14 | |
| dolefullest15 | |
| dolefulness15 | sadness caused by grief or affliction |
| dollarizing22 | |
| dollishness15 | |
| dolomitized24 | |
| dolomitizes23 | |
| dolphinfish23 | the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) |
| doltishness15 | |
| domesticate16 | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| domesticity19 | the quality of being domestic or domesticated |
| domiciliary19 | of or relating to or provided in a domicile |
| domiciliate16 | make one's home in a particular place or community |
| dominancies16 | |
| dominations14 | social control by dominating |
| domineering15 | rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner |
| dominickers20 | |
| donkeyworks26 | hard monotonous routine work |
| donnishness15 | |
| donnybrooks21 | |
| doomsayings18 | |
| doomsdayers18 | |
| doorkeepers18 | an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber |
| dopeynesses17 | |
| dorkinesses16 | |
| dormitories14 | a college or university building containing living quarters for students |
| dosimetries14 | measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source |
| dottinesses12 | |
| doublespeak20 | any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not |
| doublethink21 | believing two contradictory ideas at the same time |
| doubtlessly17 | without doubt; certainly |
| doughtiness16 | |
| douroucouli14 | nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur |
| dovetailing16 | fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail |
| dowdinesses16 | having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance |
| downgrading18 | rate lower; lower in value or esteem |
| downhearted19 | filled with melancholy and despondency |
| downhillers18 | |
| downinesses15 | a light softness |
| downlinking20 | |
| downloading17 | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location |
| downplaying21 | represent as less significant or important |
| downrightly22 | |
| downscaling18 | |
| downshifted22 | |
| downstaters15 | |
| downstrokes19 | a stroke normally made in a downward direction |
| downtowners18 | |
| downtrended17 | |
| downtrodden17 | abused or oppressed by people in power |
| doxorubicin23 | an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug |
| doxycycline29 | an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections |
| dragonflies16 | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
| dragonheads17 | American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers |
| dramatising15 | put into dramatic form |
| dramatizing24 | put into dramatic form |
| dramaturges15 | |
| dramaturgic17 | relating to the technical aspects of drama |
| drapability19 | |
| drastically17 | in a drastic manner |
| draughtiest16 | not airtight |
| draughtsman18 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| draughtsmen18 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| drawbridges19 | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it |
| drawstrings16 | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening |
| dreadnought17 | battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber |
| dreamlessly17 | |
| dreamworlds18 | a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination |
| dressmakers18 | someone who makes or mends dresses |
| dressmaking19 | the craft of making dresses |
| drillmaster14 | |
| drivability20 | |
| driveshafts21 | a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application |
| drivetrains15 | |
| drizzlingly34 | |
| drollnesses12 | |
| dromedaries15 | one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia |
| dropforging19 | forge with a dropforge |
| dropkickers24 | a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground |
| dropperfuls19 | |
| droppersful19 | |
| drosophilas17 | small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance |
| droughtiest16 | |
| drumbeaters16 | a fervent and even militant proponent of something |
| drumbeating17 | |
| drunkenness16 | a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol |
| dubiosities14 | |
| dubiousness14 | the state of being unsure of something |
| dubitations14 | |
| duckwalking26 | |
| ductilities14 | the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets |
| duennaships17 | |
| dullsvilles15 | |
| dumbfounded21 | be a mystery or bewildering to |
| dumbfounder20 | |
| dumbwaiters19 | a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
| dumfounding19 | bewildering or striking dumb with wonder |
| dumpinesses16 | a short and stout physique |
| dunderheads17 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence |
| dundrearies13 | |
| duodecimals17 | one part in twelve equal parts |
| duopolistic16 | |
| duplexities21 | |
| duplicating17 | make or do or perform again |
| duplication16 | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly |
| duplicative19 | |
| duplicators16 | apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material |
| duplicities16 | a fraudulent or duplicitous representation |
| duplicitous16 | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; - Israel Zangwill; ; - W.M.Thackeray |
| durableness14 | |
| duskinesses16 | the state of being poorly illuminated |
| dustinesses12 | the state of being covered with dust |
| dutifulness15 | piety by virtue of devotion to duty |
| duumvirates17 | |
| dwarfnesses18 | |
| dynamically22 | in a forceful dynamic manner |
| dynamometer19 | measuring instrument designed to measure power |
| dynamometry22 | |
| dysarthrias18 | impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature |
| dysenteries15 | an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea |
| dysfunction20 | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
| dyskinesias19 | abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements |
| dyslogistic18 | expressing disapproval |
| dysphemisms24 | an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one |
| dysprosiums19 | a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic |
| dysrhythmia26 | |
| dysrhythmic28 | |
| dystrophies20 | any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles |
| Word | Definition |
| dachshunds20 | small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows |
| dacquoises22 | |
| daftnesses14 | informal terms for insanity |
| daggerlike17 | |
| daintiness11 | the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance |
| dairymaids17 | a woman who works in a dairy |
| dalliances13 | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
| dalmatians13 | a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia |
| daltonisms13 | dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red |
| damagingly18 | |
| damascened16 | inlay metal with gold and silver |
| damascenes15 | a native or inhabitant of Damascus |
| damaskeens17 | |
| damnations13 | the act of damning |
| damnedests14 | |
| damnifying20 | |
| dampnesses15 | a slight wetness |
| damselfish19 | small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs |
| dandelions12 | any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls |
| dandifying19 | dress like a dandy |
| dandyishly21 | |
| danknesses15 | unpleasant wetness |
| dapperness15 | stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance |
| daredevils15 | a reckless impetuous irresponsible person |
| daringness12 | |
| darknesses15 | absence of light or illumination |
| darnations11 | |
| darnedests12 | |
| dartboards14 | a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |
| dashboards17 | protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. |
| dasymeters16 | densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density |
| databasing14 | |
| datelining12 | mark with a date and place |
| daundering13 | |
| daunomycin18 | |
| dauntingly15 | to a degree or in a manner that daunts |
| davenports16 | a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island |
| dawsonites14 | |
| daydreamed18 | have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy |
| daydreamer17 | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming |
| dayflowers20 | any plant of the family Commelinaceae |
| daylighted19 | |
| daysprings17 | the first light of day |
| dayworkers21 | |
| dazzlingly33 | in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder |
| deaconries13 | |
| deactivate16 | remove from active military status or reassign |
| deadenings13 | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| deadheaded17 | |
| deadlifted16 | |
| deadlights16 | a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather |
| deadliness12 | the quality of being deadly |
| deadlining13 | |
| deadlocked19 | at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions |
| deadnesses12 | the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events |
| deadpanned15 | |
| deadpanner14 | |
| deadweight19 | |
| deaerating12 | remove air or gas from |
| deaeration11 | |
| deaerators11 | |
| deafenings15 | be unbearably loud |
| deafnesses14 | partial or complete loss of hearing |
| dealations11 | |
| dealership16 | a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area |
| dealfishes17 | deep-sea ribbonfish |
| deaminases13 | |
| deaminated14 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deaminates13 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deaminized23 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deaminizes22 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| dearnesses11 | the quality possessed by something with a great price or value |
| deathblows19 | the blow that kills (usually mercifully) |
| deathtraps16 | any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed |
| deathwatch22 | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
| debarments15 | the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) |
| debasement15 | being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |
| debatement15 | |
| debauchees18 | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained |
| debauchers18 | someone who assaults others sexually |
| debauchery21 | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| debauching19 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| debearding15 | |
| debentures13 | the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future |
| debilitate13 | make weak |
| debilities13 | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |
| debonairly16 | |
| debouching19 | march out (as from a defile) into open ground |
| debriefers16 | |
| debriefing17 | report of a mission or task |
| debruising14 | |
| debutantes13 | a young woman making her debut into society |
| decadences16 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| decadently17 | |
| decahedron17 | any polyhedron having ten plane faces |
| decaliters13 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| decalogues14 | the biblical commandments of Moses |
| decameters15 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| decametric17 | |
| decampment19 | the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
| decapitate15 | cut the head of |
| decapodans16 | |
| decapodous16 | |
| decathlete16 | |
| decathlons16 | an athletic contest consisting of ten different events |
| deceivable18 | |
| decelerate13 | lose velocity; move more slowly |
| decelerons13 | |
| decemviral18 | |
| decenaries13 | |
| decennials13 | |
| decenniums15 | a period of 10 years |
| decentered14 | |
| decentring14 | |
| deceptions15 | a misleading falsehood |
| deciliters13 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter |
| decilitres13 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter |
| decillions13 | |
| decimalize24 | change from fractions to decimals |
| decimating16 | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |
| decimation15 | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
| decimators15 | |
| decimeters15 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| decimetres15 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| deciphered19 | convert code into ordinary language |
| decipherer18 | the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text |
| decisional13 | |
| decisioned14 | |
| decisively19 | with firmness |
| deckhouses20 | |
| declaimers15 | |
| declaiming16 | recite in elocution |
| declarable15 | that must be declared |
| declarants13 | |
| declassify19 | lift the restriction on and make available again |
| declassing14 | |
| declension13 | the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages |
| declinable15 | |
| declinists13 | |
| decoctions15 | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling |
| decollated14 | cut the head of |
| decollates13 | cut the head of |
| decolletes13 | |
| decolonize22 | grant independence to (a former colony) |
| decoloring14 | remove color from |
| decolorize22 | remove color from |
| decoloured14 | remove color from |
| decomposed18 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
| decomposer17 | |
| decomposes17 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
| decompound18 | of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound |
| decompress17 | restore to its uncompressed form |
| decongests14 | |
| decontrols13 | relax or remove controls of |
| decorating14 | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
| decoration13 | something used to beautify |
| decorative16 | serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose |
| decorators13 | a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings |
| decorously16 | in a proper and decorous manner |
| decoupaged17 | |
| decoupages16 | art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer |
| decouplers15 | |
| decoupling16 | disconnect or separate |
| decreasing14 | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| decrements15 | the amount by which something decreases |
| decrepitly18 | |
| decrescent15 | |
| decrowning17 | |
| decrypting19 | convert code into ordinary language |
| decryption18 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text |
| decussated14 | cross or intersect so as to form a cross |
| decussates13 | cross or intersect so as to form a cross |
| dedicatees14 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| dedicating15 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| dedication14 | complete and wholehearted fidelity |
| dedicators14 | |
| dedicatory17 | |
| deductible16 | (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) |
| deductions14 | a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket |
| deepfreeze25 | electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time |
| deepfrozen25 | |
| deepnesses13 | the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas |
| deerhounds15 | very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland |
| defacement18 | the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something |
| defalcated17 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| defalcates16 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| defalcator16 | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use |
| defamation16 | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| defamatory19 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign |
| defaulters14 | someone who fails to make a required appearance in court |
| defaulting15 | fail to pay up |
| defeasance16 | |
| defeasible16 | capable of being annulled or voided or terminated |
| defeatisms16 | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat |
| defeatists14 | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions |
| defeatures14 | |
| defecating17 | have a bowel movement |
| defecation16 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus |
| defecators16 | a person who defecates |
| defections16 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| defectives19 | |
| defeminize25 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) |
| defenceman18 | |
| defencemen18 | |
| defendable17 | capable of being defended |
| defendants15 | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused |
| defenseman16 | |
| defensemen16 | |
| defensible16 | capable of being defended |
| defensibly19 | |
| defensives17 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') |
| deferences16 | a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard |
| deferments16 | act of putting off to a future time |
| deferrable16 | |
| deficiency21 | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
| deficients16 | |
| defilading16 | |
| defilement16 | the state of being polluted |
| definement16 | |
| definienda15 | |
| definitely17 | without question and beyond doubt |
| definition14 | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol |
| definitive17 | clearly defined or formulated; - R.B.Taney |
| definitize23 | |
| definitude15 | |
| deflagrate15 | cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity |
| deflations14 | (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind |
| deflecting17 | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening |
| deflection16 | a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting |
| deflective19 | capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) |
| deflectors16 | a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) |
| deflexions21 | the amount by which a propagating wave is bent |
| deflowered18 | deprive of virginity |
| deflowerer17 | |
| defocusing17 | |
| defocussed17 | |
| defocusses16 | |
| defoliants14 | a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off |
| defoliated15 | strip the leaves or branches from |
| defoliates14 | strip the leaves or branches from |
| defoliator14 | an insect that strips the leaves from plants |
| deforested15 | remove the trees from |
| deformable18 | |
| defraggers16 | |
| defragging17 | |
| defrauders15 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud |
| defrauding16 | deprive of by deceit |
| defrayable19 | |
| defrocking21 | divest of the frock; of church officials |
| defrosters14 | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) |
| defrosting15 | make or become free of frost or ice |
| deftnesses14 | skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
| defuelling15 | |
| degaussers12 | |
| degaussing13 | the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field |
| degendered14 | |
| degeneracy17 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| degenerate12 | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
| degradable15 | |
| degradedly17 | |
| degreasers12 | |
| degreasing13 | remove grease or oil from (a pan) |
| degressive15 | going down by steps |
| dehiscence18 | (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound |
| dehumanize25 | deprive of human qualities |
| dehumidify23 | make less humid |
| dehydrated19 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| dehydrates18 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| dehydrator18 | |
| deionizers20 | |
| deionizing21 | remove ions from |
| dejectedly24 | in a dejected manner |
| dejections20 | a state of melancholy depression |
| dekaliters15 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| dekalitres15 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| dekameters17 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| dekametres17 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| dekametric19 | |
| delaminate13 | |
| delectable15 | extremely pleasing to the sense of taste |
| delectably18 | |
| delectated14 | |
| delectates13 | |
| delegacies14 | the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent |
| delegatees12 | transfer power to someone |
| delegating13 | authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions |
| delegation12 | a group of representatives or delegates |
| delegators12 | |
| delftwares17 | |
| deliberate13 | think about carefully; weigh |
| delicacies15 | the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance |
| delicately16 | in a delicate manner |
| delighters15 | |
| delightful18 | greatly pleasing or entertaining |
| delighting16 | give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
| delimiters13 | |
| delimiting14 | determine the essential quality of |
| delineated12 | show the form or outline of |
| delineates11 | show the form or outline of |
| delineator11 | |
| delinquent20 | a young offender |
| deliquesce22 | melt away in the process of decay |
| deliverers14 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) |
| deliveries14 | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) |
| delivering15 | deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) |
| delocalize22 | remove from the proper or usual locality |
| delphinium18 | any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
| deltoideus12 | |
| delusional11 | suffering from or characterized by delusions |
| delusively17 | in a deceptive and unrealistic manner |
| delustered12 | |
| demagogies15 | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace |
| demagoging16 | |
| demagogued16 | |
| demagogues15 | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices |
| demandable16 | |
| demandants14 | |
| demantoids14 | a green andradite used as a gemstone |
| demarcated16 | separate clearly, as if by boundaries |
| demarcates15 | separate clearly, as if by boundaries |
| demeanours13 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| dementedly17 | in an insane manner |
| demergered15 | |
| demeriting14 | |
| demimondes16 | a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior |
| demissions13 | |
| demitasses13 | small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream |
| demivoltes16 | |
| demiworlds17 | |
| demobilize24 | release from military service or remove from the active list of military service |
| democratic17 | characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; ; ; - George du Maurier |
| demodulate14 | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| demography22 | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
| demoiselle13 | a young unmarried woman |
| demolished17 | destroy completely |
| demolisher16 | |
| demolishes16 | destroy completely |
| demolition13 | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
| demonesses13 | |
| demonetize22 | deprive of value for payment |
| demoniacal15 | frenzied as if possessed by a demon |
| demonising14 | make into a demon |
| demonizing23 | make into a demon |
| demonology17 | |
| demoralize22 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| demounting14 | |
| demulcents15 | a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin |
| demureness13 | the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum |
| demurrages14 | a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure |
| denaturant11 | any substance that serves as a denaturing agent |
| denaturing12 | add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb |
| denazified24 | free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance |
| denazifies23 | free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance |
| dendriform17 | resembling a tree in form and branching structure |
| dendrimers14 | |
| dendrogram15 | |
| dendrology16 | |
| denegation12 | |
| denervated15 | |
| denervates14 | |
| denigrated13 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| denigrates12 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| denigrator12 | |
| denitrated12 | |
| denitrates11 | |
| denizening21 | |
| denominate13 | assign a name or title to |
| denotation11 | the act of indicating or pointing out by name |
| denotative14 | having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming |
| denotement13 | |
| denouement13 | the outcome of a complex sequence of events |
| denouncers13 | |
| denouncing14 | speak out against |
| densifying18 | |
| dentaliums13 | |
| dentations11 | |
| dentifrice16 | a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush |
| dentitions11 | the eruption through the gums of baby teeth |
| denturists11 | someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) |
| denudating13 | lay bare |
| denudation12 | the removal of covering |
| denudement14 | |
| deodorants12 | a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors |
| deodorized22 | eliminate the odor from |
| deodorizer21 | |
| deodorizes21 | eliminate the odor from |
| deontology15 | |
| deorbiting14 | |
| deoxidized29 | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons |
| deoxidizer28 | |
| deoxidizes28 | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons |
| depainting14 | |
| department15 | a specialized division of a large organization |
| departures13 | the act of departing |
| dependable16 | worthy of reliance or trust |
| dependably19 | in a faithful manner |
| dependance16 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| dependants14 | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| dependence16 | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else |
| dependency19 | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else |
| dependents14 | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| depeopling16 | |
| depictions15 | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
| depilating14 | remove body hair |
| depilation13 | the condition of being void of hair |
| depilators13 | a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair |
| depilatory16 | a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides |
| depletable15 | capable of being depleted |
| depletions13 | the act of decreasing something markedly |
| deplorable15 | bad; unfortunate |
| deplorably18 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner |
| deployable18 | |
| deployment18 | the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work |
| depolarize22 | eliminate the polarization of |
| depolished17 | |
| depolishes16 | |
| depopulate15 | reduce in population |
| deportable15 | |
| deportment15 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| depositary16 | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| depositing14 | put, fix, force, or implant |
| deposition13 | the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
| depositors13 | a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution |
| depository16 | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| depravedly20 | |
| deprecated16 | express strong disapproval of; deplore |
| deprecates15 | express strong disapproval of; deplore |
| depreciate15 | belittle |
| depredated15 | |
| depredates14 | |
| depredator14 | |
| depressant13 | a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person |
| depressing14 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
| depression13 | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
| depressive16 | someone suffering psychological depression |
| depressors13 | any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down |
| deprograms16 | |
| depurating14 | |
| depurators13 | |
| deputation13 | a group of representatives or delegates |
| deputizing23 | act as a substitute |
| deracinate13 | move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment |
| deraigning13 | |
| derailleur11 | |
| derailment13 | an accident in which a train runs off its track |
| deregulate12 | lift the regulations on |
| deridingly16 | |
| derisively17 | in a disrespectful and mocking manner |
| derivation14 | the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| derivative17 | the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx |
| derivatize23 | |
| dermatitis13 | inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters |
| dermatogen14 | |
| dermatomal15 | |
| dermatomes15 | a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin |
| dermatoses13 | disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation) |
| dermatosis13 | disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation) |
| dermestids14 | |
| derogating13 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| derogation12 | a communication that belittles somebody or something |
| derogative15 | expressive of low opinion |
| derogatory15 | expressive of low opinion |
| derringers12 | a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel |
| desalinate11 | remove salt from |
| desalinize20 | remove salt from |
| descanters13 | |
| descanting14 | sing in descant |
| descendant14 | a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| descendent14 | a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| descenders14 | someone who descends |
| descending15 | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| descension13 | |
| describers15 | |
| describing16 | give a description of |
| descriptor15 | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something |
| desecrated14 | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| desecrater13 | |
| desecrates13 | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| desecrator13 | |
| deselected14 | |
| desertions11 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| deservedly18 | as deserved |
| deservings15 | be worthy or deserving |
| deshabille16 | the state of being carelessly or partially dressed |
| desiccants15 | a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) |
| desiccated16 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| desiccates15 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| desiccator15 | |
| desiderata12 | something desired as a necessity |
| desiderate12 | |
| designated13 | assign a name or title to |
| designates12 | assign a name or title to |
| designator12 | |
| designedly16 | with intention; in an intentional manner |
| designings13 | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) |
| designment14 | |
| desilvered15 | |
| desinences13 | |
| desirables13 | |
| desirously14 | |
| desistance13 | |
| desmosomal15 | |
| desmosomes15 | |
| desolately14 | in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects |
| desolaters11 | |
| desolating12 | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
| desolation11 | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| desolators11 | |
| desorption13 | changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state |
| despairers13 | |
| despairing14 | abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart |
| despatched19 | send away towards a designated goal |
| despatches18 | an official report (usually sent in haste) |
| desperados14 | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| despicable17 | morally reprehensible |
| despicably20 | in a despicable manner |
| despiteful16 | showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite |
| despiteous13 | |
| despoilers13 | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
| despoiling14 | steal goods; take as spoils |
| despondent14 | without or almost without hope |
| desponding15 | lose confidence or hope; become dejected |
| despotisms15 | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
| despumated16 | |
| despumates15 | |
| desquamate22 | peel off in scales |
| destaining12 | remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast |
| destituted12 | |
| destitutes11 | |
| destroyers14 | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |
| destroying15 | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| destructed14 | destroy (one's own missile or rocket) |
| desuetudes12 | a state of inactivity or disuse |
| desugaring13 | |
| desulfured15 | |
| detachable18 | designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage |
| detachably21 | |
| detachedly20 | |
| detachment18 | avoiding emotional involvement |
| detailedly15 | |
| detailings12 | an individualized description of a particular instance |
| detainment13 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| detasseled12 | |
| detectable15 | capable of being detected |
| detections13 | the perception that something has occurred or some state exists |
| detectives16 | a police officer who investigates crimes |
| detentions11 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| detentists11 | |
| detergency17 | detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power |
| detergents12 | a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering |
| determents13 | a communication that makes you afraid to try something |
| determined14 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| determiner13 | an argument that is conclusive |
| determines13 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| deterrable13 | |
| deterrence13 | a negative motivational influence |
| deterrents11 | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
| detersives14 | |
| detestable13 | offensive to the mind |
| detestably16 | in an offensive and hateful manner |
| dethatched20 | |
| dethatches19 | |
| dethroners14 | |
| dethroning15 | remove a monarch from the throne |
| detonating12 | cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
| detonation11 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
| detonative14 | exploding almost instantaneously |
| detonators11 | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive |
| detoxicant20 | |
| detoxicate20 | remove poison from |
| detoxified22 | remove poison from |
| detoxifies21 | remove poison from |
| detracting14 | take away a part from; diminish |
| detraction13 | a petty disparagement |
| detractive16 | causing to decrease in importance or value |
| detractors13 | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| detraining12 | leave a train |
| detriments13 | a damage or loss |
| detritions11 | erosion by friction |
| detrusions11 | |
| deuterated12 | |
| deuterates11 | |
| deuterides12 | |
| deuteriums13 | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
| deutoplasm15 | |
| devaluated15 | remove the value from; deprive of its value |
| devaluates14 | remove the value from; deprive of its value |
| devastated15 | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| devastates14 | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| devastator14 | |
| developers16 | someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use) |
| developing17 | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible |
| developpes18 | |
| deviancies16 | |
| deviations14 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm |
| devilishly20 | as a devil; in an evil manner |
| devilments16 | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| deviltries14 | wicked and cruel behavior |
| devilwoods18 | small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits |
| devitalize23 | sap of life or energy |
| devocalize25 | |
| devolution14 | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
| devotement16 | |
| devotional14 | a short religious service |
| devoutness14 | piety by virtue of being devout |
| dewaterers14 | |
| dewatering15 | |
| dewberries16 | any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America |
| dewinesses14 | |
| dextranase18 | |
| dezincking27 | |
| diableries13 | |
| diabolical15 | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil |
| diabolisms15 | a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) |
| diabolists13 | an adherent of Satan or Satanism |
| diabolized23 | turn into a devil or make devilish |
| diabolizes22 | turn into a devil or make devilish |
| diachronic18 | used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time |
| diaconates13 | |
| diacritics15 | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
| diadromous14 | (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters |
| diageneses12 | |
| diagenesis12 | |
| diagenetic14 | |
| diagnosing13 | identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon |
| diagnostic14 | concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis |
| diagonally15 | in a diagonal manner |
| diagraming15 | make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed |
| diagrammed17 | make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed |
| diakineses15 | |
| diakinesis15 | the final stage of the prophase of meiosis |
| dialectics15 | a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces |
| dialogical14 | |
| dialogists12 | |
| dialoguers12 | |
| dialoguing13 | |
| dialysates14 | |
| dialyzable25 | |
| dialyzates23 | |
| diamagnets14 | a substance that exhibits diamagnetism |
| diamonding15 | |
| dianthuses14 | carnations and pinks |
| diapausing14 | |
| diapedeses14 | |
| diapedesis14 | passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue |
| diaphanous16 | so thin as to transmit light |
| diaphonies16 | |
| diaphorase16 | |
| diaphragms19 | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens |
| diaphyseal19 | relating to the diaphysis of a bone |
| diaphysial19 | relating to the diaphysis of a bone |
| diarrhetic16 | of or relating to diarrhea |
| diarrhoeas14 | frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor |
| diastemata13 | a gap or vacant space between two teeth |
| diathermic18 | |
| diatomites13 | a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material |
| diazoniums22 | the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes |
| diazotized30 | convert (an amine) into a diazo compound |
| diazotizes29 | convert (an amine) into a diazo compound |
| dibromides16 | |
| dicentrics15 | |
| dichlorvos19 | |
| dichondras17 | a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions |
| dichroisms18 | pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions |
| dichroites16 | |
| dichromate18 | a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid |
| dichromats18 | a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy |
| dickcissel19 | |
| diclinisms15 | |
| dicoumarin15 | |
| dicoumarol15 | an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin |
| dicrotisms15 | |
| dictations13 | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| dictionary16 | a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them |
| dictyosome18 | a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) |
| dicumarols15 | an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin |
| dicynodont17 | a kind of therapsid |
| didactical16 | instructive (especially excessively) |
| didgeridoo14 | |
| didjeridoo20 | |
| didjeridus20 | |
| didynamies17 | |
| dielectric15 | a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity |
| dieselings12 | |
| dieselized21 | |
| dieselizes20 | |
| diesinkers15 | someone who makes dies |
| diestruses11 | (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity |
| dieticians13 | a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| dietitians11 | a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| difference19 | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
| difficulty22 | an effort that is inconvenient |
| diffidence20 | lack of self-confidence |
| diffracted20 | undergo diffraction |
| diffusible19 | |
| diffusions17 | (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration |
| digastrics14 | |
| digestible14 | capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal |
| digestions12 | the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat |
| digestives15 | any substance that promotes digestion |
| digitalins12 | a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove |
| digitalize21 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer |
| digitately15 | in a digitate manner |
| digitizers21 | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
| digitizing22 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer |
| digitonins12 | |
| digitoxins19 | digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia |
| diglossias12 | |
| dignifying19 | confer dignity or honor upon |
| digressing13 | lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking |
| digression12 | a message that departs from the main subject |
| digressive15 | of superficial relevance if any |
| dilapidate14 | bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse |
| dilatation11 | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| dilatators11 | |
| dilatorily14 | |
| dilemmatic17 | |
| dilettante11 | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge |
| dilettanti11 | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge |
| diligences14 | conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation |
| diligently15 | with diligence; in a diligent manner |
| dillydally18 | postpone doing what one should be doing |
| diltiazems22 | a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure |
| diluteness11 | |
| dimensions13 | the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) |
| dimerizing23 | |
| dimethoate16 | |
| dimidiated15 | |
| dimidiates14 | |
| diminished17 | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| diminishes16 | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| diminuendo14 | (music) a gradual decrease in loudness |
| diminution13 | change toward something smaller or lower |
| diminutive16 | a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness |
| dimorphism20 | (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms |
| dimorphous18 | occurring or existing in two different forms |
| dingdonged15 | go `ding dong', like a bell |
| dinnerless11 | |
| dinnertime13 | the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal |
| dinnerware14 | the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal |
| dinotheres14 | |
| diosgenins12 | |
| dipeptides16 | |
| diphosgene17 | |
| diphtheria19 | acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing |
| diphthongs20 | a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another |
| diphyletic21 | |
| diphyodont20 | |
| diplococci19 | Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs |
| diplodocus16 | a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America |
| diploidies14 | the condition of being diploid |
| diplomaing16 | |
| diplomates15 | medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group |
| diplomatic17 | relating to or characteristic of diplomacy |
| diplophase18 | |
| diplotenes13 | the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis |
| dipnetting14 | |
| dipperfuls18 | |
| dipsomania15 | an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess |
| directions13 | a line leading to a place or point |
| directives16 | a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity |
| directness13 | trueness of course toward a goal |
| directress13 | |
| directrice15 | |
| direnesses11 | |
| dirigibles14 | a steerable self-propelled aircraft |
| dirigismes14 | |
| disability16 | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| disabusals13 | |
| disabusing14 | free somebody (from an erroneous belief) |
| disaccords16 | be different from one another |
| disaffects19 | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| disaffirms19 | |
| disallowed15 | command against |
| disappears15 | get lost, as without warning or explanation |
| disappoint15 | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
| disapprove18 | consider bad or wrong |
| disarrange12 | destroy the arrangement or order of |
| disarrayed15 | bring disorder to |
| disastrous11 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur |
| disavowals17 | denial of any connection with or knowledge of |
| disavowers17 | |
| disavowing18 | refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with |
| disbanding15 | cause to break up or cease to function |
| disbarment15 | the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law |
| disbarring14 | remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action |
| disbeliefs16 | doubt about the truth of something |
| disbelieve16 | reject as false; refuse to accept |
| disbenefit16 | |
| disbosomed16 | |
| disboweled17 | |
| disbudding16 | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
| disburdens14 | take the burden off; remove the burden from |
| disbursals13 | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) |
| disbursers13 | someone who spends money to purchase goods or services |
| disbursing14 | expend, as from a fund |
| discanting14 | |
| discarders14 | |
| discarding15 | throw or cast away |
| discarnate13 | |
| discepting16 | |
| discerners13 | |
| discerning14 | detect with the senses |
| discharged18 | complete or carry out |
| dischargee17 | |
| discharger17 | |
| discharges17 | the sudden giving off of energy |
| discipline15 | a branch of knowledge |
| discipling16 | |
| disclaimed16 | renounce a legal claim or title to |
| disclaimer15 | (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something |
| disclosers13 | |
| disclosing14 | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
| disclosure13 | the speech act of making something evident |
| discolored14 | lose color or turn colorless |
| discolours13 | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| discomfits18 | cause to lose one's composure |
| discomfort18 | the state of being tense and feeling pain |
| discommend18 | |
| discommode18 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| discompose17 | cause to lose one's composure |
| disconcert15 | cause to feel embarrassment |
| disconfirm18 | |
| disconnect15 | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) |
| discontent13 | a longing for something better than the present situation |
| discophile18 | |
| discordant14 | not in agreement or harmony |
| discording15 | be different from one another |
| discounted14 | bar from attention or consideration |
| discounter13 | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
| discourage14 | try to prevent; show opposition to |
| discoursed14 | to consider or examine in speech or writing |
| discourser13 | |
| discourses13 | extended verbal expression in speech or writing |
| discovered17 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| discoverer16 | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
| discredits14 | the state of being held in low esteem |
| discreeter13 | marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint |
| discreetly16 | with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint |
| discrepant15 | not compatible with other facts |
| discretely16 | |
| discretion13 | freedom to act or judge on one's own |
| discrowned17 | |
| discursive16 | proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition |
| discussant13 | a participant in a formal discussion |
| discussers13 | |
| discussing14 | to consider or examine in speech or writing |
| discussion13 | an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic |
| disdainful15 | expressing extreme contempt |
| disdaining13 | look down on with disdain |
| diseconomy18 | |
| disembarks19 | go ashore |
| disembogue16 | |
| disembowel18 | remove the entrails of |
| disemploys18 | |
| disenabled14 | make unable to perform a certain action |
| disenables13 | make unable to perform a certain action |
| disenchant16 | free from enchantment |
| disendowed16 | |
| disendower15 | |
| disengaged14 | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles |
| disengages13 | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles |
| disentails11 | |
| disenthral14 | |
| disentitle11 | |
| disesteems13 | the state in which esteem has been lost |
| disfavored18 | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm |
| disfavours17 | the state of being out of favor |
| disfigured16 | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| disfigures15 | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| disfrocked21 | |
| disfurnish17 | |
| disgorging14 | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over |
| disgracers14 | |
| disgracing15 | bring shame or dishonor upon |
| disgruntle12 | put into a bad mood or into bad humour |
| disguisers12 | |
| disguising13 | make unrecognizable |
| disgustful15 | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust |
| disgusting13 | fill with distaste |
| dishabille16 | the state of being carelessly or partially dressed |
| disharmony19 | a lack of harmony |
| dishcloths19 | a cloth for washing dishes |
| dishclouts16 | |
| dishdashas18 | |
| dishearten14 | take away the enthusiasm of |
| dishelming17 | |
| disherited15 | |
| disheveled18 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel |
| dishonesty17 | the quality of being dishonest |
| dishonored15 | bring shame or dishonor upon |
| dishonorer14 | |
| dishtowels17 | a towel for drying dishes |
| dishwasher20 | a machine for washing dishes |
| dishwaters17 | water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed |
| disincline13 | make unwilling |
| disinfects16 | destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing |
| disinfests14 | rid of vermin |
| disinforms16 | |
| disinherit14 | prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting |
| disinhibit16 | |
| disinvests14 | deprive of status or authority |
| disinvited15 | |
| disinvites14 | |
| disjecting21 | |
| disjoining19 | make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of |
| disjointed19 | part; cease or break association with |
| dislikable17 | such as to provoke dislike |
| dislimning14 | |
| dislocated14 | move out of position |
| dislocates13 | move out of position |
| dislodging14 | remove or force out from a position |
| disloyally17 | without loyalty; in a disloyal manner |
| disloyalty17 | the quality of being disloyal |
| dismalness13 | |
| dismantled14 | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
| dismantles13 | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
| dismasting14 | |
| dismembers17 | separate the limbs from the body |
| dismissals13 | a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial |
| dismissing14 | bar from attention or consideration |
| dismission13 | official notice that you have been fired from your job |
| dismissive16 | showing indifference or disregard |
| dismounted14 | alight from (a horse) |
| disobeyers16 | |
| disobeying17 | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient |
| disobliged15 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| disobliges14 | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| disordered13 | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| disorderly15 | undisciplined and unruly |
| disorients11 | cause to be lost or disoriented |
| disownment16 | refusal to acknowledge as one's own |
| disparaged15 | express a negative opinion of |
| disparager14 | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| disparages14 | express a negative opinion of |
| disparting14 | |
| dispassion13 | objectivity and detachment |
| dispatched19 | send away towards a designated goal |
| dispatcher18 | the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition |
| dispatches18 | an official report (usually sent in haste) |
| dispellers13 | |
| dispelling14 | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings |
| dispending15 | |
| dispensary16 | clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed |
| dispensers13 | a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts |
| dispensing14 | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| dispeopled16 | |
| dispeoples15 | |
| dispersals13 | the act of dispersing or diffusing something |
| dispersant13 | |
| dispersers13 | |
| dispersing14 | distribute loosely |
| dispersion13 | spreading widely or driving off |
| dispersive16 | spreading by diffusion |
| dispersoid14 | |
| dispirited14 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
| dispiteous13 | |
| displacers15 | |
| displacing16 | cause to move, usually with force or pressure |
| displanted14 | |
| displayers16 | |
| displaying17 | to show, make visible or apparent |
| displeased14 | give displeasure to |
| displeases13 | give displeasure to |
| disploding15 | |
| displosion13 | |
| displuming16 | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
| disporting14 | occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion |
| disposable15 | an item that can be disposed of after it has been used |
| dispossess13 | deprive of the possession of real estate |
| disposures13 | |
| dispraised14 | |
| dispraiser13 | |
| dispraises13 | the act of speaking contemptuously of |
| disprizing23 | |
| disprovals16 | |
| disprovers16 | a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument |
| disproving17 | prove to be false |
| disputable15 | capable of being disproved |
| disputably18 | |
| disputants13 | a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy |
| disqualify26 | make unfit or unsuitable |
| disquieted21 | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| disquietly23 | |
| disregards13 | lack of attention and due care |
| disrelated12 | |
| disrepairs13 | in need of repairs |
| disreputes13 | the state of being held in low esteem |
| disrespect15 | an expression of lack of respect |
| disrooting12 | |
| disrupters13 | |
| disrupting14 | make a break in |
| disruption13 | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |
| disruptive16 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination |
| disruptors13 | |
| dissatisfy17 | fail to satisfy |
| disseating12 | |
| dissecting14 | cut open or cut apart |
| dissection13 | cutting so as to separate into pieces |
| dissectors13 | |
| disseisees11 | |
| disseising12 | |
| disseisins11 | |
| disseisors11 | |
| disseizees20 | |
| disseizing21 | |
| disseizins20 | |
| disseizors20 | |
| dissembled16 | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| dissembler15 | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
| dissembles15 | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| dissension11 | disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
| dissenters11 | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| dissenting12 | withhold assent |
| dissention11 | |
| dissertate11 | talk at length and formally about a topic |
| disserting12 | |
| disservice16 | an act intended to help that turns out badly |
| disserving15 | |
| dissevered15 | separate into parts or portions |
| dissidence14 | disagreement; especially disagreement with the government |
| dissidents12 | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| dissimilar13 | not similar |
| dissipated14 | to cause to separate and go in different directions |
| dissipater13 | |
| dissipates13 | to cause to separate and go in different directions |
| dissociate13 | part; cease or break association with |
| dissoluble13 | capable of dissolving |
| dissolvent14 | a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances |
| dissolvers14 | a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances |
| dissolving15 | the process of going into solution |
| dissonance13 | a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters |
| dissuaders12 | |
| dissuading13 | turn away from by persuasion |
| dissuasion11 | a communication that dissuades you |
| dissuasive14 | deterring from action |
| distaining12 | |
| distancing14 | keep at a distance |
| distasting12 | |
| distelfink18 | |
| distempers15 | any of various infectious viral diseases of animals |
| distenders12 | |
| distending13 | become wider |
| distension11 | the act of expanding by pressure from within |
| distention11 | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| distichous16 | |
| distillate11 | a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling |
| distillers11 | someone who distills alcoholic liquors |
| distillery14 | a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation |
| distilling12 | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops |
| distincter13 | (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality |
| distinctly16 | clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment |
| distorters11 | |
| distorting12 | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story |
| distortion11 | a change for the worse |
| distracted14 | draw someone's attention away from something |
| distrained12 | levy a distress on |
| distrainer11 | |
| distrainor11 | |
| distraints11 | the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim |
| distraught15 | deeply agitated especially from emotion |
| distressed12 | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
| distresses11 | psychological suffering |
| distribute13 | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| districted14 | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns |
| distrusted12 | regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in |
| disturbers13 | a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion |
| disturbing14 | move deeply |
| disulfates14 | |
| disulfides15 | |
| disulfiram16 | a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested |
| disulfoton14 | |
| disuniters11 | |
| disunities11 | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) |
| disuniting12 | part; cease or break association with |
| disutility14 | |
| disvaluing15 | |
| disyllabic18 | having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables |
| disyllable16 | a word having two syllables |
| dithyrambs21 | a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing |
| divagating16 | lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking |
| divagation15 | a message that departs from the main subject |
| divalences16 | |
| divaricate16 | branch off |
| divebombed21 | |
| divergence17 | the act of moving away in different direction from a common point |
| divergency20 | an infinite series that has no limit |
| diversions14 | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates |
| divestment16 | |
| divestures14 | |
| divination14 | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck |
| divinatory17 | resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| divinising15 | |
| divinities14 | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
| divinizing24 | |
| divisional14 | of or relating to a military division |
| divisively20 | |
| divulgated16 | |
| divulgates15 | |
| divulgence17 | the act of disclosing something that was secret or private |
| divulsions14 | |
| dizenments22 | |
| dizzyingly36 | |
| djellabahs23 | |
| docilities13 | the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable |
| dockmaster19 | |
| dockworker24 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
| doctorates13 | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university |
| doctorless13 | |
| doctorship18 | |
| docudramas16 | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event |
| documental15 | relating to or consisting of or derived from documents |
| documented16 | record in detail |
| documenter15 | |
| dodecagons15 | a twelve-sided polygon |
| dodgeballs15 | |
| dogberries14 | |
| dogcatcher19 | |
| doggedness14 | persistent determination |
| doggoneder14 | |
| doglegging15 | |
| dogmatical16 | characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| dogmatisms16 | the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot |
| dogmatists14 | a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions |
| dogmatized24 | state as a dogma |
| dogmatizer23 | |
| dogmatizes23 | state as a dogma |
| dognappers16 | |
| dognapping17 | |
| dogrobbers16 | |
| dogsbodies15 | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do |
| dogsledded15 | |
| dogsledder14 | |
| dogtrotted13 | |
| dogwatches20 | either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm |
| dolefuller14 | |
| dollarized21 | |
| dollarizes20 | |
| dollhouses14 | a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything |
| dollybirds17 | |
| dolomitize22 | |
| dolorously14 | |
| domiciling16 | make one's home in a particular place or community |
| dominances15 | superior development of one side of the body |
| dominantly16 | |
| dominating14 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| domination13 | social control by dominating |
| dominative16 | |
| dominators13 | |
| dominatrix20 | a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) |
| domineered14 | rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner |
| dominicker19 | |
| dominiques22 | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs |
| donenesses11 | |
| donkeywork25 | hard monotonous routine work |
| donnickers17 | |
| donnybrook20 | |
| donorships16 | |
| doodlebugs15 | a small motor vehicle |
| doohickeys23 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known |
| doohickies20 | |
| doomsayers16 | |
| doomsaying17 | |
| doomsdayer17 | |
| doorkeeper17 | an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber |
| doorplates13 | a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there |
| dopesheets16 | |
| dopinesses13 | |
| dorbeetles13 | Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound |
| dormancies15 | a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction |
| doronicums15 | genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane |
| dosimeters13 | a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) |
| dosimetric15 | |
| dosshouses14 | a cheap lodging house |
| doubleness13 | |
| doubletons13 | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player |
| doubtfully19 | in a doubtful manner |
| doubtingly17 | |
| douchebags19 | |
| doughfaces20 | |
| doughtiest15 | |
| douppionis15 | |
| dournesses11 | |
| dovetailed15 | fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail |
| dovishness17 | any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict |
| dowitchers19 | shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |
| downbursts16 | |
| downdrafts18 | a strong downward air current |
| downfallen17 | |
| downforces19 | |
| downgraded17 | rate lower; lower in value or esteem |
| downgrades16 | the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends |
| downhiller17 | sloping down rather steeply |
| downlights18 | |
| downlinked19 | |
| downloaded16 | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location |
| downplayed20 | represent as less significant or important |
| downscaled17 | |
| downscales16 | |
| downshifts20 | a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one |
| downsizing24 | the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable |
| downslides15 | |
| downspouts16 | |
| downstages15 | the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience) |
| downstairs14 | on or of lower floors of a building |
| downstater14 | |
| downstates14 | |
| downstream16 | in the direction of a stream's current |
| downstroke18 | a stroke normally made in a downward direction |
| downswings18 | a swing downward of a golf club |
| downthrows20 | |
| downtowner17 | of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center |
| downtrends15 | |
| downwardly21 | spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position |
| downwashes20 | |
| downzoning24 | |
| doxologies19 | a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God |
| dozinesses20 | |
| drabnesses13 | having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance |
| draftiness14 | |
| draggingly17 | in a dragging manner |
| dragonhead16 | American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers |
| dragooning13 | compel by coercion, threats, or crude means |
| dragstrips14 | |
| drainpipes15 | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
| dramatised14 | put into dramatic form |
| dramatises13 | put into dramatic form |
| dramatists13 | someone who writes plays |
| dramatized23 | put into dramatic form |
| dramatizes22 | put into dramatic form |
| dramaturge14 | |
| dramaturgy17 | the art of writing and producing plays |
| draughtier15 | not airtight |
| draughting16 | make a blueprint of |
| drawbridge18 | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it |
| drawerfuls17 | |
| drawknives21 | a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces |
| drawlingly18 | |
| drawnworks21 | ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns |
| drawplates16 | |
| drawshaves20 | a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces |
| drawstring15 | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening |
| dreadfully18 | of a dreadful kind |
| dreadlocks18 | one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians |
| dreamboats15 | |
| dreamfully19 | in a dreamy manner |
| dreaminess13 | a relaxed comfortable feeling |
| dreamlands14 | a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination |
| dreamtimes15 | |
| dreamworld17 | a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination |
| dreariness11 | extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest |
| dressiness11 | |
| dressmaker17 | someone who makes or mends dresses |
| driftingly18 | |
| driftwoods18 | wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore |
| drinkables17 | any liquid suitable for drinking |
| dripstones13 | the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites |
| drivelines14 | |
| drivellers14 | someone whose talk is trivial drivel |
| drivelling15 | let saliva drivel from the mouth |
| drivenness14 | |
| driverless14 | |
| driveshaft20 | a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application |
| drivetrain14 | |
| drizzliest29 | |
| drolleries11 | a comic incident or series of incidents |
| droopingly17 | in a drooping manner |
| dropcloths18 | |
| dropforged18 | forge with a dropforge |
| dropforges17 | forge with a dropforge |
| dropkicker23 | a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground |
| droplights17 | |
| dropperful18 | |
| dropsondes14 | |
| drosophila16 | small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance |
| droughtier15 | |
| drouthiest14 | |
| drowsiness14 | a very sleepy state |
| drudgeries13 | hard monotonous routine work |
| drudgingly17 | |
| drugmakers18 | |
| drugstores12 | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold |
| druidesses12 | |
| drumbeater15 | a fervent and even militant proponent of something |
| drumfishes19 | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise |
| drumsticks19 | the lower joint of the leg of a fowl |
| drupaceous15 | of or related to a drupe |
| dryasdusts15 | |
| drysalters14 | |
| drysaltery17 | |
| drywalling18 | |
| dubitation13 | |
| duckboards20 | a boardwalk laid across muddy ground |
| duckwalked25 | |
| duennaship16 | |
| dulcifying20 | make sweeter in taste |
| dulcimores15 | |
| dullnesses11 | the quality of being slow to understand |
| dullsville14 | |
| dumbfounds19 | be a mystery or bewildering to |
| dumbnesses15 | the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
| dumbstruck21 | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise |
| dumbwaiter18 | a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
| dumfounded18 | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise |
| dumptrucks21 | |
| dunderhead16 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence |
| dungeoning13 | |
| duodecimal16 | one part in twelve equal parts |
| duodecimos16 | |
| duopsonies13 | |
| duplicated16 | make or do or perform again |
| duplicates15 | something additional of the same kind |
| duplicator15 | apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material |
| durability16 | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force |
| duralumins13 | an aluminum-based alloy |
| durometers13 | |
| dustcovers16 | |
| duststorms13 | |
| duumvirate16 | |
| dwarfishly23 | |
| dyadically20 | |
| dyeability19 | |
| dynameters16 | |
| dynamistic18 | |
| dynamiters16 | a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause |
| dynamiting17 | blow up with dynamite |
| dynamotors16 | |
| dynorphins19 | |
| dysarthria17 | impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature |
| dyscrasias16 | an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body |
| dysenteric16 | |
| dysgeneses15 | |
| dysgenesis15 | infertility between hybrids |
| dyskinesia18 | abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements |
| dyskinetic20 | |
| dyslectics18 | a person who has dyslexia |
| dyspepsias18 | a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea |
| dyspepsies18 | |
| dyspeptics20 | a person suffering from indigestion |
| dysphagias20 | condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful |
| dysphasias19 | an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage |
| dysphasics21 | |
| dysphemism23 | an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one |
| dysphonias19 | speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation |
| dysphorias19 | abnormal depression and discontent |
| dysplasias16 | abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth |
| dysplastic18 | relating to or evidencing dysplasia |
| dysprosium18 | a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic |
| dysthymias22 | mild chronic depression |
| dysthymics24 | |
| dystrophic21 | |
| Word | Definition |
| dabblings15 | dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid |
| dabchicks23 | small European grebe |
| dachshund19 | small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows |
| dackering17 | |
| dacoities12 | robbery by a gang of armed dacoits |
| dacquoise21 | |
| dactylics17 | |
| dadaistic13 | |
| daedalean11 | |
| daedalian11 | |
| daffiness16 | |
| daffodils17 | any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown |
| daggering13 | |
| dahabeahs18 | |
| dahabiahs18 | |
| dahabiehs18 | |
| dahabiyas18 | |
| daidzeins20 | |
| daikering15 | |
| dailiness10 | |
| dailyness13 | |
| daintiest10 | affectedly dainty or refined |
| daiquiris19 | a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice |
| dairyings14 | the business of a dairy |
| dairymaid16 | a woman who works in a dairy |
| daishikis17 | a loose and brightly colored African shirt |
| dakerhens17 | |
| dakoities14 | robbery by a gang of armed dacoits |
| dalliance12 | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
| dalmatian12 | a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia |
| dalmatics14 | |
| daltonian10 | |
| daltonism12 | dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red |
| damascene14 | a native or inhabitant of Damascus |
| damaskeen16 | |
| damasking17 | |
| dameworts15 | |
| damnation12 | the act of damning |
| damnatory15 | threatening with damnation |
| damndests13 | |
| damnedest13 | expletives used informally as intensifiers |
| damnified16 | |
| damnifies15 | |
| damningly16 | |
| dampeners14 | a device that dampens or moistens something |
| dampening15 | the act of making something slightly wet |
| damselfly18 | slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest |
| danceable14 | suitable for dancing |
| dandelion11 | any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls |
| dandering12 | |
| dandiacal13 | |
| dandified15 | dress like a dandy |
| dandifies14 | dress like a dandy |
| dandriffs17 | |
| dandruffs17 | a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp |
| dandruffy20 | |
| dandyisms16 | the manner and dress of a fop or dandy |
| danegelds12 | |
| danegelts11 | |
| daneweeds14 | |
| daneworts13 | dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor |
| dangering12 | |
| dangerous11 | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm |
| dangliest11 | |
| danseuses10 | a female ballet dancer |
| dapperest14 | marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners |
| daredevil14 | a reckless impetuous irresponsible person |
| darkeners14 | |
| darkening15 | changing to a darker color |
| darkliest14 | |
| darklings15 | |
| darkrooms16 | a room in which photographs are developed |
| darlingly14 | |
| darnation10 | |
| darndests11 | |
| darnedest11 | expletives used informally as intensifiers |
| dartboard13 | a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |
| dartingly14 | |
| dashboard16 | protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. |
| dashingly17 | in a highly fashionable manner |
| dastardly14 | despicably cowardly; - F.D. Roosevelt |
| dasymeter15 | densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density |
| databanks16 | |
| databased13 | |
| databases12 | an organized body of related information |
| datebooks16 | |
| datedness11 | |
| datelined11 | mark with a date and place |
| datelines10 | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian |
| dauberies12 | |
| daubingly16 | |
| daughters14 | a female human offspring |
| daundered12 | |
| dauntless10 | invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
| dauphines15 | |
| davenport15 | a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island |
| dawsonite13 | |
| daybreaks19 | the first light of day |
| daydreams16 | absentminded dreaming while awake |
| daydreamt16 | |
| daydreamy19 | |
| dayflower19 | any plant of the family Commelinaceae |
| daylights17 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside |
| daylilies13 | any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day |
| dayspring16 | the first light of day |
| dayworker20 | |
| dazedness20 | |
| deacidify19 | |
| deaconess12 | a woman deacon |
| deaconing13 | |
| deadbeats13 | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation |
| deadbolts13 | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| deadeners11 | |
| deadening12 | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| deadfalls14 | |
| deadheads15 | a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way |
| deadliest11 | causing or capable of causing death |
| deadlifts14 | |
| deadlight15 | a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather |
| deadlined12 | |
| deadlines11 | the point in time at which something must be completed |
| deadlocks17 | a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible |
| deadwoods15 | a branch or a part of a tree that is dead |
| deaerated11 | remove air or gas from |
| deaerates10 | remove air or gas from |
| deaerator10 | |
| deafening14 | be unbearably loud |
| dealation10 | |
| deaminase12 | |
| deaminate12 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deaminize21 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination |
| deaneries10 | the official residence of a dean |
| deanships15 | the position or office of a dean |
| deathbeds16 | the last few hours before death |
| deathblow18 | the blow that kills (usually mercifully) |
| deathcups17 | |
| deathless13 | never dying |
| deathlike17 | having the physical appearance of death |
| deathsman15 | |
| deathsmen15 | |
| deathtrap15 | any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed |
| debagging15 | |
| debarkers16 | |
| debarking17 | go ashore |
| debarment14 | the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) |
| debarring13 | bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. |
| debatable14 | open to doubt or debate |
| debatably17 | |
| debauched18 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| debauchee17 | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained |
| debaucher17 | someone who assaults others sexually |
| debauches17 | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| debeaking17 | |
| debearded14 | |
| debenture12 | the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future |
| debonaire12 | having a sophisticated charm |
| debouched18 | march out (as from a defile) into open ground |
| debouches17 | march out (as from a defile) into open ground |
| debriding14 | |
| debriefed16 | put someone through a debriefing and make him report |
| debriefer15 | |
| debruised13 | |
| debruises12 | |
| debuggers14 | a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors |
| debugging15 | locate and correct errors in a computer program code |
| debunkers16 | |
| debunking17 | the exposure of falseness or pretensions |
| debutante12 | a young woman making her debut into society |
| debutants12 | |
| decadence15 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| decadency18 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| decadents13 | a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically) |
| decagonal13 | |
| decagrams15 | 10 grams |
| decahedra16 | |
| decalcify20 | lose calcium or calcium compounds |
| decaliter12 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| decalogue13 | the biblical commandments of Moses |
| decameter14 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| decamping17 | leave a camp |
| decanters12 | a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water |
| decanting13 | pour out |
| decapodal15 | |
| decapodan15 | |
| decathlon15 | an athletic contest consisting of ten different events |
| decayable17 | liable to decay or spoil or become putrid |
| decayless15 | |
| deceasing13 | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
| decedents13 | someone who is no longer alive |
| deceitful15 | intended to deceive; ; ; - S.T.Coleridge |
| deceivers15 | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| deceiving16 | be false to; be dishonest with |
| deceleron12 | |
| decemviri17 | |
| decemvirs17 | |
| decencies14 | the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality |
| decennary15 | a period of 10 years |
| decennial12 | |
| decennium14 | a period of 10 years |
| decenters12 | |
| decentest12 | socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous |
| decentred13 | |
| decentres12 | |
| deception14 | a misleading falsehood |
| deceptive17 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true |
| decerning13 | |
| decertify18 | cause to be no longer approved or accepted |
| decidable15 | |
| decidedly17 | without question and beyond doubt |
| deciduate13 | |
| deciduous13 | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season |
| decigrams15 | 1/10 gram |
| deciliter12 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter |
| decilitre12 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter |
| decillion12 | |
| decimally17 | |
| decimated15 | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |
| decimates14 | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |
| decimator14 | |
| decimeter14 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| decimetre14 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| deciphers17 | convert code into ordinary language |
| decisions12 | the act of making up your mind about something |
| deckhands20 | a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor |
| deckhouse19 | |
| declaimed15 | recite in elocution |
| declaimer14 | |
| declarant12 | |
| declarers12 | the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps |
| declaring13 | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| declassed13 | |
| declasses12 | |
| declawing16 | remove the claws from |
| decliners12 | |
| declining13 | grow worse |
| declinist12 | |
| declivity18 | a downward slope or bend |
| decocting15 | extract the essence of something by boiling it |
| decoction14 | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling |
| decoctive17 | |
| decollate12 | cut the head of |
| decollete12 | (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline |
| decolored13 | remove color from |
| decolours12 | remove color from |
| decompose16 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
| decongest13 | |
| decontrol12 | relax or remove controls of |
| decorated13 | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
| decorates12 | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
| decorator12 | a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings |
| decoupage15 | art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer |
| decoupled15 | disconnect or separate |
| decoupler14 | |
| decouples14 | disconnect or separate |
| decreased13 | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| decreases12 | a change downward |
| decreeing13 | issue a decree |
| decrement14 | the amount by which something decreases |
| decretals12 | |
| decretive15 | |
| decretory15 | |
| decrowned16 | |
| decrypted18 | convert code into ordinary language |
| decumbent16 | lying down; in a position of comfort or rest |
| decupling15 | |
| decurions12 | |
| decurrent12 | |
| decurving16 | |
| decussate12 | cross or intersect so as to form a cross |
| dedicated14 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| dedicatee13 | |
| dedicates13 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| dedicator13 | |
| deducible15 | capable of being deduced |
| deducibly18 | |
| deducting14 | make a subtraction |
| deduction13 | a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket |
| deductive16 | relating to logical deduction |
| deejaying21 | |
| deemsters12 | |
| deepeners12 | |
| deepening13 | a process of becoming deeper and more profound |
| deepfroze24 | |
| deepwater15 | |
| deerberry15 | small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer |
| deerflies13 | |
| deerhound14 | very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland |
| deerskins14 | leather from the hide of a deer |
| deerweeds14 | |
| deeryards14 | |
| defalcate15 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| defanging15 | remove the fangs from |
| defatting14 | |
| defaulted14 | fail to pay up |
| defaulter13 | someone who fails to make a required appearance in court |
| defeaters13 | |
| defeating14 | win a victory over |
| defeatism15 | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat |
| defeatist13 | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions |
| defeature13 | |
| defecated16 | have a bowel movement |
| defecates15 | have a bowel movement |
| defecator15 | a person who defecates |
| defecting16 | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
| defection15 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| defective18 | having a defect |
| defectors15 | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) |
| defencing16 | |
| defendant14 | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused |
| defenders14 | a person who cares for persons or property |
| defending15 | argue or speak in defense of |
| defensing14 | |
| defensive16 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') |
| deference15 | a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard |
| deferents13 | |
| deferment15 | act of putting off to a future time |
| deferrals13 | a state of abeyance or suspended business |
| deferrers13 | |
| deferring14 | hold back to a later time |
| defiances15 | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude |
| defiantly16 | in a rebellious manner |
| deficient15 | inadequate in amount or degree |
| defiladed15 | |
| defilades14 | the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire |
| definable15 | capable of being defined, limited, or explained |
| definably18 | |
| definiens13 | |
| deflaters13 | |
| deflating14 | collapse by releasing contained air or gas |
| deflation13 | (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind |
| deflators13 | a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars |
| defleaing14 | |
| deflected16 | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening |
| deflector15 | a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) |
| deflexion20 | the amount by which a propagating wave is bent |
| deflowers16 | deprive of virginity |
| defoamers15 | |
| defoaming16 | |
| defocused16 | |
| defocuses15 | |
| defoggers15 | |
| defogging16 | |
| defoliant13 | a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off |
| defoliate13 | strip the leaves or branches from |
| deforcers15 | |
| deforcing16 | |
| deforests13 | remove the trees from |
| deformers15 | |
| deforming16 | make formless |
| deformity18 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed |
| defragged16 | |
| defragger15 | |
| defrauded15 | deprive of by deceit |
| defrauder14 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud |
| defrayals16 | the act of paying money |
| defrayers16 | |
| defraying17 | bear the expenses of |
| defrocked20 | divest of the frock; of church officials |
| defrosted14 | make or become free of frost or ice |
| defroster13 | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) |
| defueling14 | |
| defuelled14 | |
| defunding15 | |
| degassers11 | |
| degassing12 | remove gas from |
| degaussed12 | make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) |
| degausser11 | |
| degausses11 | make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) |
| degenders12 | |
| degerming14 | |
| deglazing21 | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring |
| degraders12 | a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) |
| degrading13 | reduce the level of land, as by erosion |
| degreased12 | remove grease or oil from (a pan) |
| degreaser11 | |
| degreases11 | remove grease or oil from (a pan) |
| degumming16 | |
| degusting12 | taste with relish |
| dehiscent15 | (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds |
| dehiscing16 | burst or split open |
| dehorners13 | |
| dehorning14 | prevent the growth of horns of certain animals |
| dehorting14 | |
| dehydrate17 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| deionized20 | remove ions from |
| deionizer19 | |
| deionizes19 | remove ions from |
| deistical12 | |
| dejecting20 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
| dejection19 | a state of melancholy depression |
| dejeuners17 | a midday meal |
| dekagrams17 | 10 grams |
| dekaliter14 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| dekalitre14 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| dekameter16 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| dekametre16 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| delations10 | |
| delayable15 | |
| deleading12 | |
| deleaving14 | |
| delectate12 | |
| delegable13 | |
| delegated12 | transfer power to someone |
| delegatee11 | |
| delegates11 | a person appointed or elected to represent others |
| delegator11 | |
| deletable12 | |
| deletions10 | any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases |
| delftware16 | |
| delicates12 | |
| delicious12 | variety of sweet eating apples |
| delighted15 | give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
| delighter14 | |
| delimited13 | determine the essential quality of |
| delimiter12 | |
| delineate10 | show the form or outline of |
| delirious10 | experiencing delirium |
| deliriums12 | state of violent mental agitation |
| delisting11 | remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange |
| delivered14 | deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) |
| deliverer13 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) |
| delousers10 | |
| delousing11 | free of lice |
| delphinia15 | any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
| deltoidei11 | |
| delusions10 | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
| delusters10 | |
| demagoged15 | |
| demagogic16 | characteristic of or resembling a demagogue |
| demagogue14 | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices |
| demandant13 | |
| demanders13 | a person who makes demands |
| demanding14 | request urgently and forcefully |
| demantoid13 | a green andradite used as a gemstone |
| demarcate14 | separate clearly, as if by boundaries |
| demarches17 | a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs |
| demarking17 | |
| demasting13 | |
| demeaning13 | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally |
| demeanors12 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| demeanour12 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
| demential12 | |
| dementias12 | mental deterioration of organic or functional origin |
| dementing13 | |
| demeraran12 | |
| demeraras12 | a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana |
| demergers13 | |
| demerging14 | |
| demerited13 | |
| demijohns22 | large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork |
| demilunes12 | |
| demimonde15 | a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior |
| demisable14 | |
| demission12 | |
| demisters12 | heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car |
| demitasse12 | small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream |
| demitting13 | |
| demiurges13 | a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe |
| demiurgic15 | |
| demivolte15 | |
| demivolts15 | |
| demiworld16 | |
| demobbing17 | retire from military service |
| democracy19 | the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives |
| democrats14 | a member of the Democratic Party |
| demoniacs14 | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon |
| demonical14 | |
| demonised13 | make into a demon |
| demonises12 | make into a demon |
| demonisms14 | a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) |
| demonists12 | |
| demonized22 | make into a demon |
| demonizes21 | make into a demon |
| demotions12 | act of lowering in rank or position |
| demotists12 | |
| demounted13 | |
| dempsters14 | |
| demulcent14 | a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin |
| demulsify18 | cause to demulsify |
| demurrage13 | a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure |
| demurrals12 | (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings |
| demurrers12 | (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings |
| demurring13 | take exception to |
| demystify21 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| denatured11 | add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb |
| denatures10 | add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb |
| dendrimer13 | |
| dendrites11 | short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron |
| dendritic13 | (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite |
| denervate13 | |
| denigrate11 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| denitrate10 | |
| denitrify16 | remove nitrogen from |
| denizened20 | |
| denominal12 | |
| denotable12 | |
| denounced13 | speak out against |
| denouncer12 | |
| denounces12 | speak out against |
| denseness10 | the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
| densified14 | |
| densifies13 | |
| densities10 | the amount per unit size |
| dentality13 | |
| dentalium12 | |
| dentately13 | |
| dentation10 | |
| denticles12 | small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod |
| dentiform15 | |
| dentistry13 | the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth |
| dentition10 | the eruption through the gums of baby teeth |
| dentulous10 | |
| denturist10 | someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) |
| denudated12 | lay bare |
| denudates11 | lay bare |
| denyingly17 | |
| deodorant11 | a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors |
| deodorize20 | eliminate the odor from |
| deorbited13 | |
| deoxidize27 | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons |
| depainted13 | |
| departees12 | |
| departing13 | move away from a place into another direction |
| departure12 | the act of departing |
| dependant13 | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| dependent13 | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| depending14 | be contingent upon (something that is elided) |
| depeopled15 | |
| depeoples14 | |
| deperming15 | |
| depicters14 | |
| depicting15 | a representation by picture or portraiture |
| depiction14 | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
| depictors14 | |
| depilated13 | remove body hair |
| depilates12 | remove body hair |
| depilator12 | a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair |
| deplaning13 | get off an airplane |
| depleters12 | |
| depleting13 | use up (resources or materials) |
| depletion12 | the act of decreasing something markedly |
| depletive15 | |
| deplorers12 | |
| deploring13 | express strong disapproval of |
| deployers15 | |
| deploying16 | place troops or weapons in battle formation |
| depluming15 | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
| deponents12 | a person who testifies or gives a deposition |
| deportees12 | a person who is expelled from home or country by authority |
| deporters12 | |
| deporting13 | behave in a certain manner |
| deposable14 | |
| deposited13 | put, fix, force, or implant |
| depositor12 | a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution |
| depravers15 | |
| depraving16 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| depravity18 | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
| deprecate14 | express strong disapproval of; deplore |
| depredate13 | |
| deprenyls15 | |
| depressed13 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
| depresses12 | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
| depressor12 | any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down |
| deprivals15 | |
| deprivers15 | |
| depriving16 | take away possessions from someone |
| deprogram15 | |
| depthless15 | |
| depurated13 | |
| depurates12 | |
| depurator12 | |
| deputable14 | |
| deputized22 | act as a substitute |
| deputizes21 | act as a substitute |
| deraigned12 | |
| derailing11 | cause to run off the tracks |
| derangers11 | |
| deranging12 | derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane |
| deratting11 | |
| derelicts12 | a person without a home, job, or property |
| derepress12 | |
| deringers11 | |
| derisible12 | |
| derisions10 | contemptuous laughter |
| derivable15 | capable of being derived |
| derivates13 | |
| dermatoid13 | |
| dermatome14 | a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin |
| dermestid13 | |
| derogated12 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| derogates11 | cause to seem less serious; play down |
| derrieres10 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
| derringer11 | a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel |
| dervishes16 | an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements |
| desalters10 | |
| desalting11 | remove salt from |
| desanding12 | |
| descanted13 | sing in descant |
| descanter12 | |
| descended14 | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| descender13 | someone who descends |
| described15 | give a description of |
| describer14 | |
| describes14 | give a description of |
| descriers12 | |
| descrying16 | catch sight of |
| desecrate12 | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| deselects12 | |
| deserters10 | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
| desertify16 | |
| deserting11 | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
| desertion10 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| deservers13 | |
| deserving14 | be worthy or deserving |
| desiccant14 | a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) |
| desiccate14 | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
| designate11 | assign a name or title to |
| designees11 | |
| designers11 | a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings |
| designing12 | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) |
| desilvers13 | |
| desinence12 | |
| desirable12 | worth having or seeking or achieving |
| desirably15 | |
| desisting11 | choose not to consume |
| deskbound17 | restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity |
| desmidian13 | |
| desmosome14 | |
| desolated11 | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
| desolater10 | providing no shelter or sustenance |
| desolates10 | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
| desolator10 | |
| desorbing13 | go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed |
| despaired13 | abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart |
| despairer12 | |
| desperado13 | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| desperate12 | a person who is frightened and in need of help |
| despisals12 | a feeling of scornful hatred |
| despisers12 | |
| despising13 | a feeling of scornful hatred |
| despiting13 | |
| despoiled13 | steal goods; take as spoils |
| despoiler12 | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
| desponded14 | lose confidence or hope; become dejected |
| despotism14 | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
| despumate14 | |
| destained11 | remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast |
| destinies10 | an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future |
| destining11 | decree or designate beforehand |
| destitute10 | poor enough to need help from others |
| destriers10 | |
| destroyed14 | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| destroyer13 |