5-letter words containing e, d
- detol — (language) Directly Executable Test Oriented Language.
- detox — Detox is treatment given to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol in order to stop them from being addicted.
- dette — (obsolete) Debt.
- deuce — Deuce is the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game.
- deut- — deuto-
- deut. — Deuteronomy
- devan — (transitive) To unload (goods) from a container.
- devas — Plural form of deva.
- devel — (Scotland) alternative spelling of devvel.
- devil — In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit.
- devon — a county of SW England, between the Bristol Channel and the English Channel, including the island of Lundy: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Plymouth and Torbay, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998; hilly, rising to the uplands of Exmoor and Dartmoor, with wooded river valleys and a rugged coastline. Administrative centre: Exeter. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 714 900 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 6569 sq km (2536 sq miles)
- devow — (obsolete) To give up; to devote.
- devoy — Dame Susan (Elizabeth Anne). born 1964, New Zealand squash player; winner of the World Open Championship 1985, 1987, 1990, and 1992
- dewan — (formerly in India) the chief minister or finance minister of a state ruled by an Indian prince
- dewar — Donald. 1937–2000, Scottish Labour politician; secretary of state for Scotland (1997–99); first minister of Scotland (1999–2000)
- dewax — to remove wax from
- dewed — moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- dewey — John. 1859–1952, US pragmatist philosopher and educator: an exponent of progressivism in education, he formulated an instrumentalist theory of learning through experience. His works include The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916), and Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (1938)
- dexes — Plural form of dex.
- dexie — a tablet of the drug Dexedrine
- dheas — dehydroisoandrosterone sulphate: a weak androgen produced by the adrenal cortex in both males and females
- dhole — a fierce canine mammal, Cuon alpinus, of the forests of central and SE Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and rounded ears: hunts in packs
- diane — a feminine name: dim. Di; var. Dianne
- diced — cut into small cubes
- dicer — to cut into small cubes.
- dices — (proscribed by some, rare) Plural form of dice, when
- dicey — Something that is dicey is slightly dangerous or uncertain.
- didie — diaper (def 1).
- diels — Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- diene — any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- diers — Plural form of dier.
- diest — Archaic second-person singular form of die.
- dieth — Archaic third-person singular form of die.
- diets — Plural form of diet.
- diety — Good for a diet.
- digex — Digital Express Group, Inc.
- digue — (obsolete) A bank; a dike.
- diked — Simple past tense and past participle of dike.
- diker — A ditcher.
- dikes — a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- dikey — dyke2 .
- dimed — (slang) (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) At volume setting 10 (the loudest).
- dimer — a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dimes — Plural form of dime.
- dined — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- diner — a person who dines.
- dines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dine.
- dinge — the condition of being dingy.
- diode — a device, as a two-element electron tube or a semiconductor, through which current can pass freely in only one direction.
- dione — Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.