2-Letter Words Starting with D

Dissuade

Distain

Distance

Distaste

Disvalue

Divagate

Dognap

Commanding, influencing

One who predicts calamity at every opportunity.

Putting the arm on

Course for artful bartenders

Sketch some cylindrical cheese (wordplay)

Pouch feature

Drapery need

Dynamite

DAMASCENE Of or relating to Damascus.

In another world.

Classroom taboo

The opposite of having night vision (wordplay)

Daylight

Traveling in a bomber just for the ride

Tidying up after flowering

Deadlift

Deadlock

Deadpan

DEAMINATE

COLLATING collate

DECOUPAGE

""DECUSSATE To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.""

""DEFALCATE To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.""

Action that makes leaves leave

HYDRATING hydrate

DELINEATE Delineated; portrayed.

DEMAGOGUE A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.

DEMARCATE To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

Denazify

DENERVATE

Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign; -- used of statements.

In a deprecating manner.

Preying upon

DESECRATE To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; the opposite of consecrate. consecrate.

""DESICCATE To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. as, to desiccate fish or fruit.""

DESIGNATE Designated; appointed; chosen.

Despatch

Detassel

DEUTERATE

VALUATING valuate

Destructive - impressive

Its advantage, first off, could be most effective

DIABOLIZE To render diabolical.

Diagram

""DIAZOTIZE To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.""

Diffract

Disagree

Ruling out

Treating as invalid approve keeping, having unhealthy complexion, at home

Disarray

Clearing off grid chasing

Disclaim

Releasing, as meshed gears

Releasing

Disfavor

LOCATING locate

MANTLING an ornamental cloth

Policemen, as expected, withering and scornful

Girl's father venting his spleen, being abusive

Derogatory

Dispatch

Displant

Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.

PRAISING the act of praising

Dispread

Breaking up and scattering

Distract

Distrain

Displaying a closed mind

Fitting together perfectly

Fitting together logically.

Coming together

Rating lower

Data transfer

Downplay

DOWNSCALE

DRAMATISE

""DRAMATIZE To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.""

Fashioning clothes

DRUMBEAT the sound of a drum

Crossing the stage like Chuck Berry

DUPLICATE Double; twofold.

Deacidify

ACTIVATING activate

Causing weakness

Decalcify

DECAPITATE To cut off the head of; to behead.

Slowing down

""DECIMALIZE To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency. as, to decimalize the currency.""

""DEFLAGRATE To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.""

Deteriorating

HUMANIZING humanize

LAMINATING laminate

Considering adding carpeting to foodstore

PANNING THE COLD CUTS SHOP

LOCALIZING localize

MODULATING modulate

Discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.encouraging.

NOMINATING nominate

POLARIZING polarize

POPULATING populate

Losing value with time

Expressing disapproval about one losing value

Deprogram

DERACINATE To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

REGULATING regulate

DERIVATIZE to alter the chemical composition

""DESALINATE to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.""

SALINIZING salinize

SIDERATING siderate

""DESQUAMATE To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.""

Detassel

DETOXICATE to remove poison from.

VITALIZING vitalize

VOCALIZING vocalize

""DIGITALIZE to record digitally, e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.""

""DILAPIDATE To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; said of a building.""

Disaccord

Disaffect

Disaffirm

Disannul

*Part of many a magic act

Fading rum dip gains when fruit is added

Doctor finally is paged and pain unexpectedly is vanishing

Builder providing spa is critical

Critical of detective's program going out of range

ARRANGING arrange

Putting (someone) off

Dashing hopes, record the passing of our youth (wordplay)

With noisy entertainment old city getting older is off-putting

Bad-mouth travel (wordplay)

Disentail

Ignoring dangers, rigid surprisingly

DISSERTATE To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.

""DISSOCIATE To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.""

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

""Inflected form of CARBONATING Inflected form of CARBONATE A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.""

Inflected form of CARBONIZING Inflected form of CARBONIZE To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

Inflected form of CARBURIZING Inflected form of CARBURIZE To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.

Inflected form of CEREBRATING Inflected form of CEREBRATE To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Declassify

""DECORTICATE To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.""

""Inflected form of CREPITATING Inflected form of CREPITATE To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.""

""DEFIBRINATE To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.""

""Inflected form of FORMALIZING Inflected form of FORMALIZE To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.""

Inflected form of GLAMORIZING Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

""Inflected form of MAGNETIZING Inflected form of MAGNETIZE To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle. as, to magnetize a needle.""

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

Proving that Germany has strong team in match

Fiendish sailor crosses the street protesting

DEMYELINATE

""Inflected form of OXYGENATING Inflected form of OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

PROGRAMMING program

Inflected form of SACRALIZING Inflected form of SACRALIZE

Inflected form of SEGREGATING Inflected form of SEGREGATE Separate; select.

Inflected form of SEXUALIZING Inflected form of SEXUALIZE To attribute sex to.

Inflected form of STABILIZING Inflected form of STABILIZE

Stop one old sailor getting worse

In decline

DETRIBALIZE to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their cultural identity and adopt other customs.

DIAGONALIZE to transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.

Taking one's sweet time

Failing to satisfy

Not as good as one had hoped

Taking apart

Pulling apart jumble as I had to return flashy jewellery

Disenchant

ENTANGLING entangle

Causing confidence loss

Destroying confidence

Confidence-sapping

ORGANIZING organize

Disqualify

Not fulfilling

""Serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.""

DISSIMILATE To render dissimilar.

Falsely smiling at Sid you ultimately will be pretending

""DOMESTICATE To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. as, to domesticate one's self.""

DOMICILIATE To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

Causing a dispersion or movement away from the center; -- used especially of power or administrative functions. Opposite of centralizing.centralizing.

""Inflected form of CHLORINATING Inflected form of CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

""Inflected form of COMPENSATING Inflected form of COMPENSATE To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.""

Inflected form of CONSECRATING Inflected form of CONSECRATE Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

DEFENESTRATE to throw (something or someone) out of a window.

FIBRILLATING fibrillate

Setting up buffer zones

Inflected form of MINERALIZING Inflected form of MINERALIZE To transform into a mineral.

""Inflected form of NATURALIZING Inflected form of NATURALIZE To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. as, custom naturalizes labor or study.""

Inflected form of NUCLEARIZING Inflected form of NUCLEARIZE

Disaccustom

""Inflected form of ADVANTAGING Inflected form of ADVANTAGE Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.""

""Inflected form of AFFILIATING Inflected form of AFFILIATE To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.""

Inflected form of AGGREGATING Inflected form of AGGREGATE To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. \'bdThe aggregated soil.\'b8aggregated soil.\'b8

DISAMBIGUATE

""Inflected form of ASSOCIATING Inflected form of ASSOCIATE To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with . as, to associate others with .""

Showing good judgement

Disenthrall

Inflected form of FRANCHISING Inflected form of FRANCHISE Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

""Inflected form of HARMONIZING Inflected form of HARMONIZE To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize. as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.""

INTEGRATING the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.

Confusing

Disquantity

Reproducing photos by a former method, on a silver plate

Inflected form of CARBOXYLATING Inflected form of CARBOXYLATE to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.

""Inflected form of CONCENTRATING Inflected form of CONCENTRATE To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.""

Cleansing, in a way

Activity for the E.P.A.

Inflected form of CRIMINALIZING Inflected form of CRIMINALIZE to declare (an act) to be illegal.

Inflected form of HYDROGENATING Inflected form of HYDROGENATE To hydrogenize.

""Inflected form of MATERIALIZING Inflected form of MATERIALIZE To invest wich material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.""

""Inflected form of NATIONALIZING Inflected form of NATIONALIZE To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.""

Inflected form of PERSONALIZING Inflected form of PERSONALIZE To make personal.

Differentiate

Inflected form of ARTICULATING Inflected form of ARTICULATE Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

Disembarrass

Withdrawing support, as from a church

""INTOXICATING Producing intoxication; as, intoxicating liquors. as, intoxicating liquors.""