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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.
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