2-Letter Words Starting with D

Decentralize

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

Dechlorinate

By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.

Declassify

""DECLINATION The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. as, declination of the head.""

CONTROLLING control

CRIMINALIZE to declare (an act) to be illegal.

""That can be deducted, especially with respect to income taxes: deductible expenses.""

""FEASIBILITY The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility. as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.""

Defenseless

Capability of being defended.

In a servile manner

FIBRILLATED Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

Defibrillate

Medical device for stabilising the heart

Device applying current to the chest or heart

Electronic device for restoring normal heart rhythm

Deflagration

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

Of or pertaining to deformation (in all senses).

Deglaciation

Inflected form of GLAMORIZING Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

""GRANULATION The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. as, the granulation of powder and sugar.""

Degringolade

Delamination

Greatly pleasing; delightful.

Deleterious

Discussions about imprisonments (wordplay)

Formal discussions

Juries' responsibilities

Delicatessen

""The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast. as, the deliciousness of a repast.""

Delighted

Borderlines

Delinquency

The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Delirious

Demagogical

To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.

""MILITARIZED Equipped with eapons; armed; -- used of persons, regions, or the military. Contrasted to unarmed and demilitarized.unarmed and demilitarized.""

Demilitarize

""MINERALIZED containing or impregnated with minerals; as, mineralized water; red stains that signify mineralized land.as, mineralized water; red stains that signify mineralized land.""

""MINERALIZER An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer. mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.""

Demineralize

Demodulation

""DEMOGRAPHIC of or pertaining to demography; as, demographic surveys.as, demographic surveys.""

Demolishment

One razing buildings

Of or pertaining to demonology.

Demonologist

MULTIPLEXER multiplex

DEMYELINATE

DEMYELINATE

""To remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible.""

To divest or deprive of national character or rights.

NATURALIZED Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.

Denaturalize

DENDROLOGIC

Dendrologist

Deniability

The state of being set with small notches or teeth.

Inflected form of NUCLEARIZED Inflected form of NUCLEARIZE

Denuclearize

Pertaining to deontology.

Deontologist

Trustworthiness

PERSONALIZE To make personal.

Inflected form of POLITICIZED Inflected form of POLITICIZE

Depoliticize

""Inflected form of POLYMERIZED Inflected form of POLYMERIZE To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde. polymerize aldehyde.""

Depolymerize

Depopulation

Deprecating

Deprecatory

""REALIZATION The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.""

Deregulation

Dermatology

Skin disease expert

Skin disorder expert

Doctor specialising in skin disorders

Inflected form of SACRALIZING Inflected form of SACRALIZE

Desalination

Descriptive

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

The quality of being desirable.

Despoliation

Inflected form of STABILIZING Inflected form of STABILIZE

In a ruinous manner

Inflected form of SULFURIZING Inflected form of SULFURIZE

The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.

""(tr) to disengage and separate or remove, as by pulling; unfasten; disconnect""

Abstract noun (-ity)

Adjective meaning resembling

DETERMINANT Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.

Abstract noun (-ity)

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

In a damaging manner

Tried out with the mind, causing loss (wordplay)

Stupidly tried using brain, in a way that's harmful

Adverb

Devastating

""Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. as, the developmental power of a germ.""

DEVOLUTION The act of rolling down.

One wanting local powers

Person associated with (-ist)

DIAGONALIZE to transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.

In a dialectical manner.

Dialectician

How opposite can you get (wordplay)

How things at opposite extremes are positioned

Absolutely

Dichotomous

Dictatorial

DIESELIZE DIESEL to continue running after ignition is turned off

Items containing ring & pinion gears

Torque-splitting mechanisms in axles

Positraction, Sure-Grip, Detroit Locker, etc. (pl.)

Summary provides half the responsibility? It suggests it can be put away!

DIGRAPHIC Of or pertaining to a digraph.

Dilapidation

Dilatometry

Dilettantism

Taking one's sweet time

Dimensional

Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.

Dingleberry

English word

Dinucleotide

""A colorless crystalline compound, (C 6 H 5 ) 2 NH, used as a stabilizer for plastics and in the manufacture of dyes, explosives, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals.""

Of or pertaining to dipsomania.

Direction

AFFILIATED being joined in close association

Disaffiliate

Disallowance

Uncouple damaged air ducts and isolate, so not functional

Disassembly

Taking apart

Pulling apart jumble as I had to return flashy jewellery

""CHARGEABLE That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.""

Discipleship

Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

Disclamation

The act of changing the natural color

Tending to bring harm to a reputation

Shameful

CREDITABLY In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

Capable of being discriminated.

DISCRIMINABLE Capable of being discriminated.

Disembowel

Gutted

ENTANGLING entangle

Disenthrall

EQUILIBRIA

Disgraceful

Disenchanted

Let down

Disinflation

In a disjunctive manner; separately.

Dislodgement

Demolition

Showing defiant behaviour

In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

What sets in a sad slip is the spaces they take up

Designed to be disposed of after use: disposable diapers; disposable razors.

Pertaining to disposition.

By way of dispraise.

Disqualify

Disquieting

Lacking in courtesy

Lacking courtesy

Impolite

Difference

DISSIMILATE To render dissimilar.

The act of making dissimilar.

DISSIMILATE To render dissimilar.

A point of difference

Falsely smiling at Sid you ultimately will be pretending

Upper-class girl set about in spreading hypocrisy

Hypocrisy

Dissimulator

State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.

Distasteful

Extractions of essences by evaporation and condensation

With distinction; plainly.

Distracting

Distressful

Distressing

Distrustful

DOCUMENTAL Of or pertaining to instruction.

Documentary

Dolefulness

Dollishness

Dolphinfish

Doltishness

DOMICILIATE To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.

Domineering

Doubles

Ringers

Some baseball games

Baseball fans' delights

Baseball bargains

Doublespeak

Doubtless

In a dejected manner

DRAMATURGIC Relating to dramaturgy.

Drapability

Dreamless

Drivability

DUALISTIC Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality.

Duodecillion

Duplicitous

Durableness

Dutifulness

Broken, soundly, in fact (wordplay)

Not operating properly

Like George or Kramer on "Seinfeld"

Dyspeptical

Damnableness

Daredeviltry

Decarboxylase