11-Letter Words Starting with D

Diffidence

Diffract

""The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars.""

An ester of two fatty acids and glycerol.

Dilatancy

Antidote to arsenic or mercury poisoning

A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus. Micrococcus.

Tactful affairs

Hard drinker

An alcoholic

Habitual drinker

English word

Of or pertaining to direction (definition 2).

The property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive to sounds coming from one direction than from another.

People on board created riot at sea

Section of government department

Board members show way to make a speech

Face tackling minister, beginning to irritate in the role of boss

Dreadful opening in Cannes, one's first in competition of film-makers

They have white pages

Phone books

Fails to protect single clergyman from Guides

Directrice

Directrix

Disaccord

To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.

Alienated from authority

No longer supporting those in power

Out of sympathy with those in power

Take the plastic from a Wall Street critter (wordplay)

DISCERN to {perceive=v}

""Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.""

In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly.

Perceptiveness - good taste

One's discriminating power

Keen perception or judgement

Dischargee

Discharger

Clearing off grid chasing

Relating to discipline.

Chastised

Punishment imposer

Record ratio turning up to queue for Southern's trains

Disclaimer

Disclaim

Disclimax

Discuss role played by revelations

Catalogue of (performer's) recordings

Catalogue of a performer's recordings

Discolor

Made uneasy

Discomfort

Discommend

DISCOMMODE To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.

Discommode

Inclined to house Communist, however unsettled

Upset

Discompose

Puts off performance in East Anglian town

Disconfirm

Breaks a link

Uncouples

Impossible-to-please ones

Stop making (an item)

Stop doing or making

Put an end to

Discophile

Lack of harmony.

Conflict; lack of harmony

Inharmonious sound

State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.

Night spot, modern style.

Where a go-go goes.

Night club that plays records.

Discounter

Reducing in price

Put off by type of music argued about

Depressed as our old record goes first

Went mad to support music event university put off

One who discourages.

Pog or platter + sharer's word + matures

Puts off

Cools

Discourser

COURSING the pursuit of game by hounds

A rude lack of consideration for others

A rudeness, snub

Lack of consideration for others

Sleuths, at times

Early explorers

Unexpected finds

Working out grids, novice exploded

Shown to be false

One treating dirty garments

Damaged the reputation of

Discreet

Variance of facts, disagreement

Failure to correspond

Bankbook balancer's problem

Discretion

Discrown

DISCUSS to talk over

Discussant

(tr) to have a conversation about; consider by talking over; debate

Definition of an egotist (Part 3)

Lets down

Free from busmen drunk with cider

Disfrock

FUNCTION to perform or act

It's scandalous that god is elegant

Shameful and shocking

Outrageous figures clad outrageously

Hell bent? Far from it!

Renders reluctant

Cleaned with an antibacterial agent

""The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.as, the disjunction of soul and body.""

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

""The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation.""

LOCATING locate

Where we be (wordplay)

Disturbance of the normal position

Shoulder injury

Dispatcher

Dispatch

Disrespect

Dissection

Criticize gas and electric companies (wordplay)

Dissidence

Not <?/ell associated or assorted; incongruous.

Disconnected, separated

Dissociate

Dissonance

Distinct

Difference isn't changing, in manner of speaking

Prestige gained by outstanding exam candidates

Celebrity makes speech about last of his money

Like unique voice

Individually characteristic

Characteristic

Distract

It stops one concentrating

Agitated mental state

Extreme agitation

Causing perplexity; distracting.

District

I ban crudest sort of interference

Free-for-all

Unruly outburst

Worker in the trenches (wordplay)

Employee with a pick and shovel

His work may take him underground

""Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.""

DIVARICATE To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

Divaricate

Divergence

Plural of diverticulum .

Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.

Divulgence

Dockmaster

Stevedores to cut rows about welcoming king and Queen

Doctorship

Trying to impose beliefs

Inflexible in applying theory

Seeking to impose a view

In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.

Factual programme or film

Factual TV programme

Ken Burns-style program

Documenter

Document

Desk-calendar shapes

""Relating to, composed in, or consisting of twelve-tone music.""

They may pick up a few pointers

City officials.

Vaults rope to grab feline that's tame

Shakespeare's tamed shrew

Tame Scottie made to perform

Family life? It's comedy, it is funny

Focus for Marie Kondo and Hygge enthusiasts

DOMICILE to establish in a residence

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

Dominicker

Monkey of the South American genus Aotus

DOWNSCALE

""An antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peuceticus, used as an anticancer drug.""

""A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , derived from tetracycline.""

Relating to dramaturgy.

DRASTIC a severe purgative

Dropkicker

Crossing the stage like Chuck Berry

Ductility

Duodecimal

Trade () Translations

DUPLICATE Double; twofold.

Copy of linocut - paid out

Copy of linocut &ndash; paid out

Doubling up

Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

Mimeographs, for example

Duplicity

Idol is cut up about being underhand

Deceitful, double- dealing

Double-dealing

In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces.

Abnormal operation

Unfavorable; not commendatory; opposed to eulogistic. eulogistic.

""An abnormality in an otherwise normal rhythmic pattern, as of brain waves being recorded by an electroencephalograph.""