2-Letter Words Starting with D

Adjective meaning resembling

Deamination

Debouchment

Debridement

The process of transferring pictures or designs printed on specially prepared paper to materials such as glass or metal.

Decemvirate

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

The act of deciphering.

Declamation

Body that busted a Brooklyn gangster

Take (eg, a warship) out of operation

Promise not to fire editor coming back to ask journalist to say something

""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.""

Gloomy supporting party, Green politician: 'Cuts can be broken down'

Decompress

Decompress

FEMINIZING feminize

Deforcement

""FORMALIZED concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms, especially in religion or art; using formalism; as, highly formalized plays like "Waiting for Godot".as, highly formalized plays like "Waiting for Godot".""

Deformalize

Deformation

Inflected form of GLAMORIZED Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

Deglamorize

HUMANIZING humanize

HUMIDIFIED humidify

Device for reducing moisture content of the atmosphere

Dehumidify

LAMINATING laminate

Formation and separation of lamin\'91 or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

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

""MAGNETIZER One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.""

Demagnetize

Boundaries of specific areas

Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.

""MILITARIZE to lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force.""

I am embraced by devilish European that ensnares one shady lady

MINERALIZE To transform into a mineral.

MOBILIZING mobilize

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

Democratize

MODULATING modulate

Extraction of a signal from its carrier

Demodulator

Demographer

Auto marketing strategy statistics

Data on population structures

Demography

Demolition.

MONETIZING monetize

In a demoniacal manner.

""DEMONIZE to make a demon of, also DEMONISE""

Demonology

""One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology.""

Able to be proved

Verified animal registered in beasty home

It's evident, devil gets last sinner in firm

In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.

Proven expert said to welcome head of research

Established validity of protest by deputy head

Fiend scolded after saint made public protest

Shows Tate Modern's bizarre point

Fanatics review opening in art gallery's shows

Devil on street with nasty stare kicks up a fuss

Dealer's test drive vehicle

Car wearing dealer plates, often

Participant in a public protest

Demoralizer

Discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.encouraging.

Demureness

Demystify

NOMINATING nominate

One, for one

He's mixed up in a religious group

Faith in money

Conferring a denomination or name.

Parts of fractions below the line

Math term.

Conclusion is to include North Carolina in the criticism

Conclusion is to include North Carolina for criticism

""An instrument for determining optical or photographic density. A variety capable of measuring optical density of a sample at a number of different wavelengths, is called a spectrophotometer.spectrophotometer.""

Measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light through it and measuring the intensity of the transmitted light.

Go mad and get sectioned

Organised in units, go crazy

Go mad from division

""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.""

Depravement

Deprogram

PROGRAMMED program

""Inflected form of PROGRAMMER Inflected form of PROGRAMME That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.""

Derangement

""A surgical procedure designed to remove skin imperfections, such as scars, by abrading the surface of the skin with fine sandpaper or wire brushes.""

Plural or third person singular

Dermatitis

The branch of medicine that is concerned with the physiology and pathology of the skin.

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

Desipramine

Despisement

Despoilment

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

""The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.""

Capable of being decided upon

Capable of being fixed to put off a nimble arrangement

TERMINABLY

Determinant

One who determines.

In a determined manner; with determination.

Determinism

Determinist

Toppling of a king

Removal from power

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

Detrainment

Detrimental

Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

English word

MTD envelopes (anagram)

Move Len's dept (anagram)

Advances in a process

""DEVIATION The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.""

""A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole.""

In the form of a simplified drawing

Graphic figure has many a convulsion

""The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.""

Comparative adjective or agent noun

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

""Consisting of or containing diatoms or their fossils; as, diatomaceous earth (used as a component of dynamite).as, diatomaceous earth (used as a component of dynamite).""

Dichotomist

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

Dichotomize

The state of being dichromatic.

Didacticism

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

Dilatometer

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

Superficial approach

Dimension

Dimercaprol

""DIMERIZE to make into a dimer, also DIMERISE""

Capable of being diminished or lessened.

Diminution.

In a diminutive manner.

Diplomatist

Those who drink and swim thus - lunatics!

Disablement

Disaccustom

Disaffirm

Demagnetiser smashed in quarrel

Row of detectives with squad in a salute

Quarrel leading to underworld contract

Ensure there is no mistake about meaning - misguide a bat (anagram)

Disarmament

ASSEMBLED assemble

Disassemble

Disbandment

Payment of money from a fund

Partner having left, really in debt, sums wasted, money spent!

Discernment

A disavowing or disowning.

Discomfit

Uneasy or embarrassed state

Embarrassment

Embarrassment.

Made uneasy

Discommend

DISCOMMODE To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.

COMPOSING compose

The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

Disconfirm

The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant. n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.

Use taste and judgment (or prejudice)

Understand the difference (between)

Perceive a difference (between)

Diseconomy

Bad-mouth travel (wordplay)

""To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.""

Disembody

EMBOGUING embogue

Disembowel

Disencumber

The taking away of funds and property (from an established church)

Disesteem

Disguise.

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.""

Digging up (of a body)

The digging up of a body

Exhumation

Removal from a fixed position

Dislodgment

Dismalness

Taking (body) apart

Dismissive

Shift hell's location (wordplay)

Amount of movement

Measure of ship's size

Disportment

Disremember

Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Disseminate

One who spreads (something) widely

Disseminule

Dissepiment

Disseverance.

In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.

DISSIMILATE To render dissimilar.

Dissimilate

SIMULATED simulate

Dissimulate

One who dissimulates; a dissembler.

SYMMETRIC Symmetrical.

Immoderate.

Distemper

A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

Pl. divertimentos or divertimenti (-t ) A chiefly 18th-century form of instrumental chamber music having several short movements. Also called divertissement .

Light musical piece

Light orchestral work

Piece of music Verdi arranged, with tempo not changed

Divisionism

Divorcement

DOCUMENT to support by conclusive information

In an arrogant way.

DOLOMITIZE

In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

Eddie's tomcat might well be!

Tamed like a pet

Accustomed to home life

Domesticate

DOMICILIATE To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

Domiciliate

DOMINATE to {control=v}

DOPAMINE a form of dopa used to stimulate the heart

Excitingly, it's a play with jerk close to friend

Scene from Rising? It is caught by friend theatrically!

Silly Tracy, maid hugging everyone in exaggerated fashion

Capable of being dramatized.

Dramaturgy

DREAMFUL {dreamy=adj}

Dreaminess