8-letter words starting with de
- derilict — Misspelling of derelict.
- deringer — an early short-barreled pocket pistol.
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- derisive — A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- derisory — If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- derivate — derived
- deriving — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- dermally — In a dermal way; of or to the skin.
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- derricks — Plural form of derrick.
- derriere — backside
- des pres — Josquin (ʒɔskɛ̃). ?1450–1521, Flemish Renaissance composer of masses, motets, and chansons
- desalted — Simple past tense and past participle of desalt.
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- descaled — Simple past tense and past participle of descale.
- descaler — a thing for removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- descends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend.
- descents — Plural form of descent.
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- descried — to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
- descries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descry.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- descrive — to describe
- desecate — (obsolete) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
- deseeded — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- deselect — (of a constituency organization) to refuse to select (an existing MP) for re-election
- deserted — abandoned; forsaken: the problems of deserted wives and children.
- deserter — A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
- desertic — (of soil) developing in hot, dry climates
- deserved — rightfully earned or merited; just
- deserver — One who deserves.
- deserves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deserve.
- desexing — Present participle of desex.
- designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
- designee — a person designated (to do something)
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- desilted — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- desilter — A desilter is a device, usually a hydrocyclone, at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- desilver — to remove silver from; to deprive of silver
- desinent — (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- desirest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'desire'.
- desireth — Archaic third-person singular form of desire.
- desiring — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.