4-letter words starting with d
- dep. — departs
- depo — (legal, informal) deposition.
- depp — Johnny, full name John Christopher, born 1963, US actor; his films include Edward Scissorhands (1990), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and the Pirates of the Caribbean series (from 2003)
- deps — Plural form of dep.
- dept — Dept is used as a written abbreviation for department, usually in the name of a particular department.
- dere — harm; injury; trouble
- derm — a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- dern — a secret; a secret place
- dero — a tramp or derelict
- derp — a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- derv — (UK) Diesel fuel for cars and lorries.
- dese — (slang) these.
- desh — A person’s or a people’s native land.
- desi — indigenous or local
- desk — A desk is a table, often with drawers, which you sit at to write or work.
- deso — designated driver.
- dess — Obsolete form of dais.
- dest — Abbreviation of destination.
- desy — Deutsches Electronen Synchrotron Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany.
- deth — Obsolete form of death.
- detr — Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions
- deus — God
- deva — (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a divine being or god
- devi — a Hindu goddess and embodiment of the female energy of Siva
- devo — /dee'voh/ (In-house jargon at Symbolics) A person in a development group. See also doco and mango.
- devs — Plural form of dev.
- dewi — Saint, David, Saint.
- dews — moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- dewy — Something that is dewy is wet with dew.
- dexy — Dexedrine.
- deys — Plural form of dey.
- dfee — Department for Education and Employment
- dfid — Department for International Development
- dhak — a tropical Asian leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, that has bright red flowers and yields a red resin, used as an astringent
- dhal — a tropical African and Asian leguminous shrub, Cajanus cajan, cultivated in tropical regions for its nutritious pealike seeds
- dhcp — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- dhea — dehydroisoandrosterone: the major androgen precursor in females, secreted by the adrenal cortex
- dhol — a type of double-sided Indian drum, particularly popular in Punjab
- dhow — a lateen-rigged coastal Arab sailing vessel with one or two masts
- dhsd — Duplex High Speed Data
- dhss — Department of Health and Social Security
- dia- — through, throughout, or during
- diag — Diagnosis/diagnostic.
- dial — A dial is the part of a machine or instrument such as a clock or watch which shows you the time or a measurement that has been recorded.
- diam — Alternative form of diam.
- dias — Bartholomeu (ˌbərtuluˈmeu). ?1450–1500, Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route from Europe to the East via the Cape of Good Hope (1488)
- diaz — Cameron. born 1972, US film actress; films include The Mask (1994), There's Something About Mary (1998), and Gangs of New York (2003)
- dibs — If someone has dibs on something, or if they have first dibs on it, they have the right to have it before anyone else.
- dice — A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, 'dice' was used only as a plural form, and the singular was die, but now 'dice' is used as both the singular and the plural form.
- dich — may it do