2-Letter Words Starting with D

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Dehiscence

HUMANIZED humanize

Dehumanize

HYDRATING hydrate

Excessive loss of water from body

Significant loss of water

Dehydrator

Plural noun or verb form

With delight; gladly.

Very pleasing; delightful.

DELPHIC like an oracle

Delphinium

""The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.""

Relating to the structure of populations

Population-related

Relating to the statistical study of populations

Demolisher

Demolish

Depolish

Deshabille

Despatch

Disengagements of military units

Devilfish

Diachrony

Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness.

Diaphorase

Plural or third person singular

""Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.""

A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.

""Pl. diarthroses (-s z) Any of several types of bone articulation permitting free motion in a joint, as that of the shoulder or hip.""

A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation. Articulation.

""Geology the process of movement that causes the earth’s crust to form continents, mountains, oceans, etc. ; diastrophe , n . ; diastrophic , adj . Earth""

Diathermy

Dichogamy

Manifesting dichogamy.

Dichotomy

One who dichotomizes.

To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

""Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. as, a dichotomous stem.""

Dichromate

Having or exhibiting two colors.

An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

English word

Dimethoate

Kind of returns

Growing smaller

Dimorphism

Diphosgene

DIPHOSPHATE

""DIPHTHERIA A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group. Group.""

Diphtheria

English word

Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong.

Diplophase

Dischargee

Discharger

Clearing off grid chasing

Catalogue of (performer's) recordings

Catalogue of a performer's recordings

Discophile

Night spot, modern style.

Where a go-go goes.

Night club that plays records.

Lets down

To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.

Disenthral

Dishabille

Lowers morale of

Antonym of cheers.

Causes despondency

Disherit

DISHEVEL to make {messy=adj}

Untidy (in appearance)

Untidy in appearance

(Of hair, clothes) untidy

In an underhanded way

In an untrustworthy manner

Untrustworthily

Dishonorer

Dishonor

Some restaurant workers

Hunk, perhaps needing metal rings for appliances

Changes one's mind about leaving

Disinhibit

Dispatcher

Dispatch

Disrelish

Disrelish

Pick out suits, hiding tailored variety

Make eminent.

Make out

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.""

Doctorship

Desk-calendar shapes

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

They may pick up a few pointers

City officials.

Engaging in aerial combat

DOGGISH {doglike=adj}

DOLLISH {pretty=adj}

""Either of two large slender food and game fish (Coryphaena equisetis or Coryphaena hippurus) of warm waters. They are highly esteemed as food fish, especially in Hawaii, where they are usually referred to as mahimahi. See also dolphin{2}.Coryphaena equisetis or Coryphaena hippurus) of warm waters. They are highly esteemed as food fish, especially in Hawaii, where they are usually referred to as mahimahi. See also dolphin{2}.""

DOLTISH {dull=adj}

DONNISH scholarly

Belief in incompatible ideas (Orwell)

Acceptance of opposite opinions (Orwell)

Relative of "disinformation"

The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.

Dejected (Are we? No!)

Chicken inside (wordplay)

Low in spirit

Downhiller

Downright

Went from second to first, say

Worked a manual transmission

Dragonhead

""Draughtier , draughtiest US , draftier draftiest characterized by or exposed to draughts of air draughtily   US , draftily adv""

One skilled at drawing

Technical plan maker

Chap who makes plans as potential king

Drawers needed for board-games

Those on the board who make plans

Red and tough (anagram); battleship

Aden drought affected battleship

Famous British battleship.

Driveshaft

Drosophila

Superlative adjective

Duennaship

They're dense

Huns - dreaded maybe, though really quite stupid people

Dysarthria

Dysphemism

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

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

Dystrophy

Damselfish

DAUGHTER a female {child=n}

Daylighting

Deathwatch

Debauchery

Debouchment

""CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

""Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable. as, old writings not decipherable.""

The act of deciphering.

HUMANIZING humanize

HUMIDIFIED humidify

Device for reducing moisture content of the atmosphere

Dehumidify

Dehydration

In a very pleasing manner

In a pleasing way

Demographer

Auto marketing strategy statistics

Data on population structures

Demography

Demolition.

""A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.""

DETACHED detach

Toppling of a king

Removal from power

Removal of bishop from the highest seat in the land (wordplay)

DEVILISH {fiendish=adj}

Translucently.

Diaphoretic

""Geology the process of movement that causes the earth’s crust to form continents, mountains, oceans, etc. ; diastrophe , n . ; diastrophic , adj . Earth""

Dichlorvos

DICHOTIC affecting the two ears differently

Dichotomist

DICHOTOMIZE To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

Dichotomize

The state of being dichromatic.

Dichroscope

It's not popular, as a rule

Form of rule

Stalin's fashionable way of governing

""The posterior part of the forebrain that connects the midbrain with the cerebral hemispheres, encloses the third ventricle, and contains the thalamus and hypothalamus. Also called betweenbrain , interbrain , thalamencephalon .""

The interbrain or thalamencephalon; sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon. dien. See Thalamencephalon.

Pretty girl, embracing one Latvian worker, is like an amateur

Capable of being diminished or lessened.

Diminution.

Diphosphate

""Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.""

Diphtheroid

""To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.""

The condition or office of a director; directorate.

Double sugar / Travel freely? merger (nonverbal)

The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.

Phonograph Records

Phonograph Records

Where go-go crowds go.

Girl's payments, of a kind, covering old-time musical entertainment

Having lost one's fascination

Saddened by frustrated expectations

Let down after altering hidden stance (wordplay)

""One who, or that which, disenchants.""

Disenthrall

Rescind imprimatur from southern Balti dishes

Deprive of official status as one's turned tables in ruin

""To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.""

Disfurnish

Disfurnish

Disharmony

""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.""

Down - becoming dn (wordplay)

Having lost determination or confidence

Upset, she denied art was constructive

Dishevel

Dishonesty

Base (for an American)

Shameful way to leave the service

Not allowed to succeed (wordplay)

The victims of 9 (wordplay)

Written out of a will

Disinhibit

Disrelish

Distraught

Ditchdigger

""Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.""

Twelve-faced solid

Any polyhedron having 12 plane faces

Hooded dancer in motion revealing solid figure

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

Back-to-back baseball games

July 4th tradition.

Marathon at Camden Yards

Doublethink

Adjective meaning resembling

Dovishness

Downshift

Turreted battleships

A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

Thickheaded; stupid.

DWARFISH resembling a {dwarf=n}

Difficult and painful menstruation.

Adjective (-ic)

Dysrhythmia

Deathless

English word

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

Dechlorinate

Decipherment

Dehumidifier

Dehumidify