10-letter words starting with de
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- de gasperi — Alcide (alˈtʃiːde). 1881–1954, Italian statesman; prime minister (1945–53). An antifascist, he led the Christian Democratic party during World War II from the Vatican City
- de kooning — Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland
- de la mare — Walter (John). 1873–1956, English poet and novelist, noted esp for his evocative verse for children. His works include the volumes of poetry The Listeners and Other Poems (1912) and Peacock Pie (1913) and the novel Memoirs of a Midget (1921)
- de la warr — Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)
- de lesseps — Vicomte Ferdinand Marie (fɛrdinɑ̃ mari). 1805–94, French diplomat: directed the construction of the Suez Canal (1859–69) and the unsuccessful first attempt to build the Panama Canal (1881–89)
- de quincey — Thomas. 1785–1859, English critic and essayist, noted particularly for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821)
- de rigueur — If you say that a possession or habit is de rigueur, you mean that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
- de-ionizer — a device which de-ionizes a solution
- de-isolate — to remove from isolation.
- de-license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- de-linking — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
- de-stemmed — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconries — Plural form of deaconry.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- deactivate — If someone deactivates an explosive device or an alarm, they make it harmless or impossible to operate.
- dead ahead — directly in front
- dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
- dead march — a piece of solemn funeral music played to accompany a procession, esp at military funerals
- dead metal — furniture (def 4).
- dead point — dead center
- dead stock — farm equipment
- dead water — water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
- dead-metal — the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
- dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power
- deadheaded — Simple past tense and past participle of deadhead.
- deadliness — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlining — Present participle of deadline.
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- deadpanned — marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless: deadpan humor.
- deadpanner — a person who has a deliberately emotionless face
- deadweight — (of a shot) leaving the other balls in the ideal position
- deaeration — the act of extracting a gas from a liquid
- deaf-blind — of or relating to a person who is both deaf and blind.
- deafferent — Detached from the nervous system.
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- deal-maker — A deal-maker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- deallocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- deaminases — Plural form of deaminase.
- deaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of deaminate.
- deaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deaminate.
- deaspirate — to remove any audible breath sound from (a sound)
- death bell — a bell tolled to announce a death
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- death camp — A death camp is a place where prisoners are kept, especially during a war, and where many of them die or are killed.
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