5-letter words starting with d
- 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.
- 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.