8-letter words starting with de
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- demoware — (computing) A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.
- dempster — Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.
- demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- demurred — to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
- demurrer — a pleading that admits an opponent's point but denies that it is a relevant or valid argument
- demyship — a type of scholarship awarded at Magdalen College, Oxford
- den haag — Den [den] /dɛn/ (Show IPA) a Dutch name of The Hague.
- denarian — One who is between the age of 10 and 19, inclusive.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denature — to change the nature of
- denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
- dendrite — any of the short branched threadlike extensions of a nerve cell, which conduct impulses towards the cell body
- dendroid — freely branching; arborescent; treelike
- dendrons — Plural form of dendron.
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- denegate — (obsolete, transitive) To deny.
- denglish — a variety of German containing a high proportion of English words
- deniable — able to be denied; questionable
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- denizens — Plural form of denizen.
- denotate — to denote (something)
- denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
- denoting — to be a mark or sign of; indicate: A fever often denotes an infection.
- denotive — used or serving to denote; denotative.
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- dentally — in relation to the teeth
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentated — having teeth
- dentelle — an ornamentation worked on a book, resembling lace
- dentexes — Plural form of dentex.
- denticle — a small tooth or toothlike part, such as any of the placoid scales of sharks
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dentists — Plural form of dentist.
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- dentures — Dentures are artificial teeth worn by people who no longer have all their own teeth.
- denudate — denuded; bare
- denuding — Present participle of denude.
- depacked — Simple past tense and past participle of depack.
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- departee — a person who departs or has departed
- departer — a person who refines metals by separating them from alloys
- depeinct — to depict
- depended — to rely; place trust (usually followed by on or upon): You may depend on the accuracy of the report.
- depender — (programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in w agent-oriented programming).
- depeople — to reduce or remove the population of (a place)
- depicted — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depicter — A person who depicts (a specified subject).