Words starting with def
3 letter words starting with def
4 letter words starting with def
- deff — (Internet, slang) Alternative form of definitely.
- defi — a defiant challenge
- defo — definitely: an expression of agreement or consent
- deft — A deft action is skilful and often quick.
- defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
5 letter words starting with def
- defat — to remove the fat from (a substance)
- defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
- defib — (informal, transitive) To defibrillate.
- defly — Obsolete form of deftly.
- defoe — Daniel. ?1660–1731, English novelist, journalist, spymaster, and pamphleteer, noted particularly for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). His other novels include Moll Flanders (1722) and A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)
6 letter words starting with def
- deface — If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
- defame — If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
- defang — to remove the fangs from (an animal or reptile)
- defast — defaced or blemished
- defcon — any of several alert statuses for U.S. military forces, ranked numerically from normal, 5, to maximum readiness, 1.
7 letter words starting with def
- 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.
8 letter words starting with def
- defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defamers — Plural form of defamer.
- defaming — to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
- defanged — to remove the fangs of: to defang a snake.
- defatted — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
9 letter words starting with def
- defaecate — Alt form defecate.
- defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- defeasing — to defeat or annul (a contract, deed, etc.).
10 letter words starting with def
- defacement — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defalcated — Simple past tense and past participle of defalcate.
- defalcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defalcate.
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- defamation — Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
11 letter words starting with def
- defaecation — Alt form defecation.
- defalcating — Present participle of defalcate.
- defalcation — the amount embezzled
- defamations — Plural form of defamation.
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
12 letter words starting with def
- defectionist — a person who is in favour of lapsing, backsliding, or defection
- defederalize — to shift the functions or powers of (an agency, service, etc.) from the jurisdiction of the federal government to that of state or local government: to defederalize construction loans.
- defenestrate — to throw (a person or a thing) out of a window
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- deficiencies — the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
13 letter words starting with def
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defamiliarize — to make (something well-known or well-established) seem unfamiliar, strange, disconcerting, etc., as in order to reinterpret or subvert it
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defectibility — the ability to become defectible
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
14 letter words starting with def
- defeminization — (in a developing organism) the process in which full development into a female of the species is prevented because of a male developmental characteristic
- defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
15 letter words starting with def
- defencelessness — The state or condition of being defenceless.
- defenselessness — The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
- defined-benefit — denoting an occupational pension scheme that guarantees a specified payout, usually based on an employee's final salary and years of service
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
17 letter words starting with def
- defamiliarisation — (arts) The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
- defamiliarization — Art, Literature. a theory and technique, originating in the early 20th century, in which an artistic or literary work presents familiar objects or situations in an unfamiliar way, prolonging the perceptive process and allowing for a fresh perspective.
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