2-Letter Words Starting with D

Diffidence

In a diffident manner.

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.""

""The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.""

""DIFFUSION The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.""

In a diffusive manner.

""Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.""

Digestive

Digitalise

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

Digitalize

Walking on the toes; distinguished from plantigrade. plantigrade.

An ester of two fatty acids and glycerol.

Important or influential people

Digression

Neglected girl on knees one took out

Broken down and falling to bits

Run-down, neglected

Dilapidate

Dilatancy

Dilatation

""An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.""

An instrument used to measure thermal expansion and dilation in solids and liquids.

Amateurs who pretend to be knowledgeable

Dabblers

Amateurs.

Word after two or three

Order online: ad is about male concerned with length (wordplay)

Having dimensions.

Antidote to arsenic or mercury poisoning

Dimethoate

Kind of returns

Growing smaller

Diminuendo

Diminution

Diminutive

Dimorphism

Dingdong

Dinginess

Vulgar Slang A piece of dried feces caught in the hair around the anus.

Dinnertime

Dinnerware

One of the Dinosauria.

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptides into their constituent amino acids.

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.

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

Tactful affairs

Representative abroad

One's certificate is in abstinence - from candour (wordplay)

Diplophase

Hard drinker

An alcoholic

Habitual drinker

Dipsomania

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

Dirtiness

Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

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

Disaffirm

Disagree

Ruling out

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

Disannul

Ceased to be seen

Parade spied going astray went AWOL (wordplay)

Got lost

Topspin aids playing and is frustrating

Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

Gave a thumbs-down to

One who disapproves.

Disapprove

Topic for the summit.

Reduction in military forces and weapons

Reduction in military forces

Thus spake peace conferees

""Having the arrangement disturbed; not put in order; as, her disarranged hair. Opposite of arranged.as, her disarranged hair. Opposite of arranged.""

Disarrange

Disarray

Take apart, since concealed by mask

Take apart second answer in disguise

Take to pieces

ASSEMBLY the act of {assembling=v}

Able to be disavowed.

The breaking up of a group

Disbarment

BELIEVED believe

One with severe doubts

Disbelieve

Disbenefit

Disbosom

Disbowel

Disbowel

Disburden

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)

Disembark

Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

Disembody

EMBOGUED embogue

Disembogue

Sides with Marxist leader below ground - shows guts

Lets down

Free from busmen drunk with cider

Disendower

Disendow

Releasing, as meshed gears

Releasing

Freed from certain legal restrictions.

Remove a snarl

Straighten out daughter I roused by point of view

Unravel

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

Disenthral

ENTITLED entitle

Disentitle

Disesteem

Disfavor

Spoiling the appearance of

Disfrock

FUNCTION to perform or act

It's scandalous that god is elegant

Shameful and shocking

Outrageous figures clad outrageously

Dead riled and stung, perhaps

End of the farmer's question

End of quip

Disgruntle

Disguised

Disgusted

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

Disappointing loss of an ideal

Present magic act, on the street

Hell bent? Far from it!

Renders reluctant

Cleaned with an antibacterial agent

Disinfest

Changes one's mind about leaving

Disinhibit

Detachment resident? It's off!

State of impartiality

State of being impartial

Dug up (from grave)

Got up late

Brought up in dirtier dens, going off the rails

Disinvest

INVITING an invitation

Disjoint

""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.""

LIKEABLE able to be liked

LOCATING locate

Where we be (wordplay)

Disturbance of the normal position

Shoulder injury