7-letter words starting with de
- dedimus — a legal document or decree authorizing a person who is not a judge to act instead of a judge
- deduced — Simple past tense and past participle of deduce.
- deducer — One who, or that which, deduces.
- deduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deduce.
- deducts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deduct.
- deduped — Simple past tense and past participle of dedupe.
- deedful — having or full of exploits
- deedily — in an active or eagerly hardworking manner
- deeding — Present participle of deed.
- deejays — Plural form of deejay.
- deeming — to form or have an opinion; judge; think: He did not deem lightly of the issue.
- deepens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deepen.
- deepest — extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley.
- deepish — Somewhat deep.
- deerfly — a fly of the order Diptera and the genus Chrysops
- deerlet — a very small deer, specifically one of the species of musk deer known as the chevrotain
- def art — definite article
- defaced — having had the surface, legibility, or appearance spoiled or marred
- defacer — One who defaces; a vandal.
- defaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deface.
- defacto — (Australia, New Zealand) A partner in a spousal relationship not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
- defamed — Simple past tense and past participle of defame.
- defamer — One who defames.
- defames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defame.
- default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
- defease — to defeat or annul (a contract, deed, etc.).
- defeats — Plural form of defeat.
- defects — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
- defends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defend.
- defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
- defiant — If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
- defiber — defibrate.
- deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
- defiled — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
- defiler — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
- defiles — Third person singular simple present of to defile.
- defined — If something is clearly defined or strongly defined, its outline is clear or strong.
- definer — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- defines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of define.
- deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- deflect — If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
- defocus — to go or cause to go out of focus
- deforce — to withhold (property, esp land) wrongfully or by force from the rightful owner
- deframe — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- defraud — If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- defrays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defray.
- defrizz — (transitive) To remove the frizz from hair.
- defrock — If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
- defrost — When you defrost frozen food or when it defrosts, you allow or cause it to become unfrozen so that you can eat it or cook it.