9-letter words starting with des
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- despaired — loss of hope; hopelessness.
- despairer — a person who despairs
- desparate — Misspelling of desperate.
- despeckle — (computer graphics) To remove speckles from.
- despenser — Hugh le, Earl of Winchester. 1262–1326, English statesman, a favourite of Edward II. Together with his son Hugh, the Younger (?1290–1326), he was executed by the king's enemies
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- despiseth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.
- despising — Present participle of despise.
- despiting — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despoiled — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- desponded — Simple past tense and past participle of despond.
- despotate — An area ruled by a despot (\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
- despotism — Despotism is cruel and unfair government by a ruler or rulers who have a lot of power.
- despotize — To behave like a despot.
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- dessicate — Misspelling of desiccate.
- destained — Simple past tense and past participle of destain.
- destemmed — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- destinate — To destine, to choose.
- destinies — Plural form of destiny.
- destining — Present participle of destine.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- destriers — Plural form of destrier.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- destructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destruct.
- desuetude — the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.