6-letter words containing d, e, s
- demise — The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
- demiss — submissive or humble
- demist — to free or become free of condensation through evaporation produced by a heater and/or blower
- demobs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demob.
- demons — sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or a group of people
- demoss — (transitive) To remove moss from.
- demurs — Plural form of demur.
- denies — Refuse to admit the truth or existence of (something).
- denims — Denims are casual trousers made of denim.
- denise — a feminine name
- dennis — C(larence) J(ames). 1876–1938, the poet of the Australian larrikin, esp in The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915) and The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916)
- denser — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
- dentes — plural of dens.
- depest — an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- depose — If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- depots — Plural form of depot.
- depths — a vast space or abyss
- derbys — Derbyshire
- derest — hard; grievous.
- dermas — beef or fowl intestine used as a casing in preparing certain savory dishes, especially kishke.
- dermis — the layer of skin just below the epidermis
- derris — any East Indian leguminous woody climbing plant of the genus Derris, esp D. elliptica, whose roots yield the compound rotenone
- derrys — Londonderry (defs 1, 2).
- derust — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- desalt — to remove salt from (esp. sea water)
- desand — to remove sand from
- desart — Obsolete spelling of desert.
- descry — to discern or make out; catch sight of
- deseed — To deseed a fruit or vegetable means to remove all the seeds from it.
- desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- desier — Eye dialect of desire.
- design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- desilt — To remove suspended silt from the water.
- desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
- deskew — (transitive, computing) To rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing.
- desman — either of two molelike amphibious mammals Desmana moschata (Russian desman) or Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyrenean desman), having dense fur and webbed feet: family Talpidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
- desmid — any freshwater green alga of the mainly unicellular family Desmidioideae, typically constricted into two symmetrical halves
- desorb — to change from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
- despot — A despot is a ruler or other person who has a lot of power and who uses it unfairly or cruelly.
- dessau — an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop: 78 380 (2003 est)
- dessin — (math) dessin d'enfant.
- destem — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- destin — Obsolete form of destiny.
- deters — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- detest — If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- deuces — Plural form of deuce.
- devast — (obsolete) To devastate.
- devers — Gail, born 1966, U.S. track athlete.
- devest — to undress; strip