2-Letter Words Starting with D

Decision

Declension

Downward slopes

Moderately steep.

Decolonize

Decolorize

Decomposer

Breaking down

Decongest

Dismantle (something)

Break down

Churchmen wanting a heavy vehicle reduced time to break down

Honored soldier's collection

Jack-o'-lanterns, for example

Coordinates new colour schemes

Decrease in loudness (music)

With decreasing loudness (mus.)

(Musically) become quieter

Decryption

""DECUSSATE To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.""

""Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc. as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.""

Cite Addison inaccurately in inscriptions

Interest and contributions, for example

Deerberry

Cloth cap (for a hunter?)

Voice of Bambi (wordplay)

Sherlock Holmes accessory

Damages to external appearance

Defalcator

Defamation

Defeasance

Defecation

Defeminize

Unprotected

So as to avoid criticism

Deferrable

Defilement

Definement

Quip, Part 4

Definitive

Definitize

Definitude

Deflagrate

Deflection

Deflowerer

Defocus

Defoliator

Old author and pop star about right way to ruin the earth

Deformity

Worsens steadily

Reprobates

Rakes

Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs.

Dehiscence

Dehumanize

Dehydrator

Plural noun or verb form

After the manner of deists.

Delaminate

Delectable

Convention groups.

Convention groups

True oilseed (anagram) - harmful

Causing harm or damage

Having a harmful effect

Considers food shop reprimands

Ponders composer taking charge

Considers carefully

""Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained. as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.""

Very pleasing; delightful.

Delineator

Young hooligans

Queen regularly insulted reformed offenders

Capital mission, one might say, changed state

Deliquesce

With wild ecstasy

In a frantic manner

Delocalize

Delphinium

DELUSION the act of {deluding=v}

Deluster

Half-divine female

Demobilize

Western nations

Demodulate

Demoiselle

Demolisher

Demolish

Derby draw

Demonetize

Fiend, say, hogging start of road show

Protest (in public)

Take part in public protest

Demoralize

MYSTIFIED mystify

Demystify

Denaturant

Dendrogram

Denegation

Denigrator

Denitrify

Names

Names.

Denotation

Denotement

Novel windups

Denseness

Dentifrice

Dentistry

Denudation

Denudement

Deodorizer

Deoxidizer

""A pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen.C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen.""

Damper tents (anagram)

Divisions within J.C. Penney

Sections of an organisation

Dependance

Conditional states

Trusts.

Depilation

Deployment

Depolarize

Depolish

Depopulate

Deportment

Courtroom testimony.

Depravity

Undervalues

Depredator

Certain drugs

Sedatives

(tr) (Psychology) to lower in spirits; make gloomy; deject

Booms' opposites

Depressive

Deputation

Deracinate

Derailleur

Derailment

Removes rules from

Derepress

Derepress

Origins

Derivative

Derivatize

Dermatogen

Derogation

Inflected form of SACRALIZE Inflected form of SACRAL a vertebra or nerve near the sacrum

""DESALINATE to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.""

Removes salt from

Salt remover

SALINIZED salinize

Desalinize

People in a line

Holds forth about the purpose of posterity

More than one follower in family and sect ends badly

"Everything Sucks" punk icons

Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

Descension

That can be described; capable of description.

Do nice strip perhaps showing outline

Portrayal

Classifying without expressing judgement

Graphic in portrayal

Depicting verbally.

Descriptor

Desecrater

DESECRATE To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; the opposite of consecrate. consecrate.

Violently disrespectful treatment

Damage of anything sacred

The offence of considerate vandalism

Desecrator

Abolish racial separation in (a society)

Bus students, for example

Make racially diverse

Deselect

To rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of sensitize.sensitize.

To direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.

Deshabille

""DESICCATE To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. as, to desiccate fish or fruit.""

""The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.""

Drying; tending to dry.

Desiccator

SIDERATED siderate

Regards as essential.

Something that is needed

Something needed or wanted

Something much wanted

DESIGNATE Designated; appointed; chosen.

Official title or description

Appointment

Term Democrat used for Republican in giving up office

Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.

Namers.

Serving to designate; designative; indicating.

Designment

Desilver

""A tricyclic antidepressant, C 18 H 22 N 2 , used in the treatment of psychological depression.""

Desistance

Desolation

Desorption

Despatch

Cole Younger, et al.

In the worst way

Leader's type to writhe in anguish

Dreadfully; critically

A rope ends it (wordplay)

Complete lack of hope

Rashness of Iran to speed development

A despising.

Despoliation.

Despondency.

The blues

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

Desquamate

Inflected form of STABILIZE Inflected form of STABILE a stationary abstract sculpture

Distant one I set out for (wordplay)

Where one is going

Place to which one is travelling

Recompense initially withheld by duke - result, penury

Poverty

Destruct

Ruin, wreckage

... R-U-I-N

Ruin

Causing ruin

Very damaging

Desulfur

Inflected form of SULFURIZE Inflected form of SULFUR a non metallic element

In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.

Disengagements of military units

Detainment

Detassel

Detassel

They decide

End-points covered by some Parisian master's original type of philosophy

Put off skimpy attire, good person who has a resigned outlook (wordplay)

Deterrence

Hating to be almost put off before Crewe, perhaps

Loathing

Hatred

Detonation

Detoxicant

Detoxicate

Calumnies

""TUMESCENT Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.""

Deutoplasm

Destructive - impressive

Its advantage, first off, could be most effective

Destruction of old Chester depot

Great damage or grief

Ruin, destruction