5-letter words containing e, d
- demob — Someone's demob is their release from the armed forces.
- demoi — (political science) Plural form of demos The common populaces of several states.
- demon — A demon is an evil spirit.
- demos — the people of a nation regarded as a political unit
- demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
- denar — the standard monetary unit of Macedonia, divided into 100 deni
- denay — a denial
- dench — Dame Judi (Olivia). born 1934, British actress and theatre director: her film roles include Mrs Brown (1997), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and, from1995 to 2012, 'M' in the James Bond series of films
- deneb — the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and one of the brightest but remotest stars in the night sky. Visual magnitude: 1.25; spectral type: A2I
- denes — Plural form of dene.
- denet — (formerly, in Britain) to sell (a book) at a lower price than that specified by the Net Book Agreement
- deng. — Doctor of Engineering
- denib — To remove nibs trapped in a layer of paint or other finish.
- denie — Obsolete spelling of deny.
- denim — Denim is a thick cotton cloth, usually blue, which is used to make clothes. Jeans are made from denim.
- denis — Maurice (mɔris). 1870–1943, French painter and writer on art. One of the leading Nabis, he defined a picture as "essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order"
- denny — a male given name, form of Dennis.
- dense — Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
- dent- — denti-
- dents — Plural form of dent.
- denys — Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- depew — Chauncey Mitchell, 1834–1928, U.S. lawyer, legislator, and orator.
- depot — A depot is a place where large amounts of raw materials, equipment, arms, or other supplies are kept until they are needed.
- depth — The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downwards from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces.
- depts — Plural form of dept, departments.
- deque — double-ended queue
- derat — (transitive) To remove the rats from something.
- deray — disorder; chaos; disarray
- derby — The Derby is the name of a race for three-year-old horses that takes place each year. In Britain, it refers to a race that takes place in Epsom. In the United States, it refers particularly to the Kentucky Derby.
- dered — Simple past tense and past participle of dere.
- derek — a masculine name: var. Derrick; equiv. Du. Dirk
- deres — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dere.
- derig — the removal of equipment or rigging
- deriv — derivation
- derm- — dermato-
- derma — beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke
- derms — Plural form of derm.
- derny — (cycling) A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.
- deros — Plural form of dero.
- derpy — (slang) Foolish, silly.
- derro — a vagrant
- derry — a derelict house, esp one used by tramps, drug addicts, etc
- derth — (obsolete) dearth; scarcity.
- desai — Morarji (Ranchhodji) (məˈrɑːdʒɪ). 1896–1995, Indian statesman, noted for his asceticism. He founded the Janata party in opposition to Indira Gandhi, whom he defeated in the 1977 election; prime minister of India (1977–79)
- desex — to remove the sex organs of
- desid — (zoology) Any member of the Desidae.
- desks — Plural form of desk.
- desna — a river in the W Russian Federation flowing S to join the Dnieper River near Kiev in Ukraine. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- detab — DEcision TABle. A decision table COBOL preprocessor written by A. Chapman in 1964. Versions: DETAB 65, DETAB X.
- deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.