6-letter words containing e, d, t
- deduct — When you deduct an amount from a total, you subtract it from the total.
- defast — defaced or blemished
- defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- deftly — dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic.
- degout — to cover (something) with gouts or drops of something
- degust — to taste, esp with care or relish; savour
- deheat — (nonstandard,rare) To cool.
- dehort — to dissuade (someone) from a course of action
- deists — Plural form of deist.
- deject — to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
- delate — (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
- delete — If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
- delict — a wrongful act for which the person injured has the right to a civil remedy
- delint — /dee-lint/ To modify code to remove problems detected when linting. Confusingly, this process is also referred to as "linting" code.
- delist — If a company delists or if its shares are delisted, its shares are removed from the official list of shares that can be traded on the stock market.
- deltas — Plural form of delta.
- demast — to remove the mast from (a boat)
- demate — (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- dement — to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- demist — to free or become free of condensation through evaporation produced by a heater and/or blower
- demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
- demuth — Charles, 1883–1935, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- dennet — a one-horse, two-wheeled light carriage, fashionable in the 19th century
- denote — If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
- dental — pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, as for t in French tout
- dented — having a surface containing a hollow or dip
- dentel — Alternative form of dentil.
- dentes — plural of dens.
- dentex — a large active predatory sparid fish, Dentex dentex, of Mediterranean and E Atlantic waters, having long sharp teeth and powerful jaws
- denti- — indicating a tooth
- dentil — one of a set of small square or rectangular blocks evenly spaced to form an ornamental row, usually under a classical cornice on a building, piece of furniture, etc
- dentin — the hard, dense, calcareous tissue forming the body of a tooth, under the enamel and surrounding the pulp canal
- dento- — denti-
- denton — a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 26 866 (2001)
- dentro — (demoscene, rare) A production that is classified somewhere between a demo and an intro.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- depest — an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- depict — To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting.
- deport — If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
- depots — Plural form of depot.
- depths — a vast space or abyss
- depute — If you are deputed to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf.
- deputy — A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
- derate — to assess the value of (some types of property, such as agricultural land) at a lower rate than others for local taxation
- derest — hard; grievous.
- 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)
- desart — Obsolete spelling of desert.
- desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.