8-letter words starting with de
- dekagram — ten grams, or one tenth of a hectogram (0.3527 ounce): abbrev. dag
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- del city — a city in central Oklahoma.
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- delative — noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which.
- delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
- delaware — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near the Delaware River
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- delectus — (obsolete) An elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.
- delegacy — an elected standing committee at some British universities
- delegate — A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting.
- deleting — Present participle of delete.
- deletion — the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
- deletive — intended to destroy or remove
- deletory — something that deletes or erases
- delhiite — a native or inhabitant of Delhi
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- deligate — (surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.
- deligent — Archaic spelling of diligent.
- delights — Plural form of delight.
- delimits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delimit.
- delinked — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
- delirium — If someone is suffering from delirium, they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delisted — Simple past tense and past participle of delist.
- delivers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliver.
- delivery — Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them.
- deloused — Simple past tense and past participle of delouse.
- delouser — a substance or device which removes lice from something
- delouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delouse.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- delphine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- deltoids — Plural form of deltoid.
- delubrum — a shrine or sanctuary
- deluding — Present participle of delude.
- deluging — Present participle of deluge.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- delusive — tending to delude; misleading
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- deluster — remove the lustre from
- delustre — to remove the lustre from (something)
- demagogy — You can refer to a method of political rule as demagogy if you disapprove of it because you think it involves appealing to people's emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demanded — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.