2-Letter Words Starting with D

Red and tough (anagram); battleship

Aden drought affected battleship

Famous British battleship.

Army led effectively around to a smaller extent without night vision (wordplay)

Escapists' abodes.

Dressmaker

Fashioning clothes

Ace in the hole business (wordplay)

Person who barks (wordplay)

Overseer of private practice

The act of driving.

Driveshaft

Metal pin stuck in parts of sinks

Transmission connections

Drizzling

Drollness

Emirs adored racing camels

Arabian animals

Camels in divine house, one of twelve outside capital

Dropkicker

Dropperful

Drosophila

Superlative adjective

Drumbeater

DRUMBEAT the sound of a drum

It'll be illegal on the Internet (PC Computing, 1994)

Inebriation

Dumbfound

Mute domestics

Kitchen contraptions

They're dense

Huns - dreaded maybe, though really quite stupid people

Plural or third person singular

Mimeographs, for example

""Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.""

Ruling partnerships

Dwarfness

Power-measuring instrument

Instrument for measuring force

Engine output measuring machine

The art or process of measuring forces doing work.

Dysarthria

Dysentery

Dysprosium

""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

Dapperness

Evel Knievel's forte

Daringness

DAUGHTER a female {child=n}

English word

Adjective meaning resembling

Deactivator

Debarkation

Debauchery

The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.

Debridement

Decapitator

CARBONATED Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

Decarbonate

Inflected form of CARBONIZED 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.

""He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.""

Decarbonize

Inflected form of CARBURIZED 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.

Decarburize

Slowing down

A slowing down

Reduction in the going rate

Slowing of velocity

Decelerator

Decemvirate

""To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.""

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

Decerebrate

Decertify

""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.

Assertions from Aldi: 'Tesco ran badly'

Announcements made when there are enough on the board

Decolorizer

COLORIZING colorize

Decompress

Decompress

A cut in churchman's city rank gives cause to become secular

Deconstruct

CONTROLLED control

Decorative

DECOROUS {proper=adj}

CORTICATED Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.

Decorticate

""A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.""

Decreasing

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

Decrepitate

Decrepitude

Decrescendo

Men hunting wild elks arrested

Throw someone out of a window

Throw from a window

Throw out of a window

Inflected form of FIBRILLATE Inflected form of FIBRILLAE fibrilla

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

Defibrinate

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

Burning away of a substance

Tending to reduce prices in the economy

Defloration

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

Degeneracy

In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

Deteriorating

Worsening state of French breeding

Decline of French production

Decline of French age group

Welsh setback in case of wasting

Inflected form of GLAMORIZED Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

Deglamorize

Degradation

Degressive

English word

Device for reducing moisture content of the atmosphere

Dehydration

Consciously and intentionally

Aggravated by lie altered on purpose

Bet die really rolls slowly

Considering adding carpeting to foodstore

PANNING THE COLD CUTS SHOP

Considering rearrest (wordplay)

Long and careful consideration

Thought on the continent of freedom

""Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. as, a deliberative body.""

Deliverance

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

Boundaries of specific areas

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

MINERALIZE To transform into a mineral.

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

Democratize

Demodulator

Demographer

Auto marketing strategy statistics

Data on population structures

Demography

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

To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

DENATURE to deprive of natural qualities

Dendrology

Good tendrils could excite this type of plant expert

Denervation

Denigration

Denitrifier

Denitrify

Parts of fractions below the line

Math term.

""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.

Inflected form of NUCLEARIZE Inflected form of NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}

""Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language. as, severe and denunciatory language.""

Deoxyribose

Go mad and get sectioned

Organised in units, go crazy

Go mad from division

Depilatory

Depolarizer

POLARIZING polarize

""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.""

Deportation

Depositary

Depository

Depravation

Depravity.

Depravement

Deprecation

Losing value with time

Expressing disapproval about one losing value

It never goes up in financial crash

Gradual loss of value

Loss in value

""Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing.""

Depreciator

Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.

Depredation

In a depressing manner.

Depressive

Inflected form of PRESSURIZE Inflected form of PRESSURE to apply force to

Deprivation

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.""

DERACINATE To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

Act of uprooting

I worried about body of people being uprooted

Derangement

REGULATING regulate

Removal of restrictions

Restrictions being removed? Lie around and get sozzled

Dereliction

Derepress

Derepress

""DERISIVE expressing derision, also DERISORY""

Relating to development from a source or origin

Relating to the formation of a word from its root

Derivative

DERIVATIZE to alter the chemical composition

""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.""

In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.

Inflected form of SACRALIZED Inflected form of SACRALIZE

Desacralize

Desalinator

Pictures inspired Scot to be moved

Sketches depict sins or misbehaving

Desecration

Opened to all

Desegregate

SENSITIZER An agent that sensitizes.

Meritoriousness.

SIDERATING siderate

Longing for something

Converted into a desired, longed-for object