5-letter words starting with de
- 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.
- 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