2-Letter Words Starting with D

Desacralize

""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.""

Deal is arranged with people for main treatment (wordplay)

Purification process that could be organised by Ionian Sea Ltd (wordplay)

Newly nationalised water company may carry this out

Desalinator

SALINIZING salinize

Pictures inspired Scot to be moved

Sketches depict sins or misbehaving

Desecration

Opened to all

Desegregate

Rendered insensitive.

SENSITIZER An agent that sensitizes.

Desensitize

Meritoriousness.

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

Desexualize

Desiccation

SIDERATING siderate

Longing for something

Converted into a desired, longed-for object

""Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs. as, desiderative verbs.""

Designation

Desipramine

Attractiveness

The state of being desirous.

The state of being desolate.

Desolating

Despairing

Desperation

Despisement

Despiteful

Despitefully.

Despoilment

A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

Despondence

Dejectedly, hopelessly

How Ivan the Terrible ruled

""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.""

It makes a fool disappear

Sweet to make love with one from the canteen

It's sweet to make love together, lying perhaps on the table

Inflected form of STABILIZED Inflected form of STABILIZE

Destabilize

Destination

Destitution

Able to be demolished

Easily destroyed

Is capable of being spoiled in the little pig's house of straw presumably

Destruction

Inflected form of SULFURIZED Inflected form of SULFURIZE

Desulfurize

DETACHED detach

DETAILED detail

Detassel

Detergency

Worsens

Determinant

Determinism

Determinist

Detestation

Detrainment

Detribalize

Detrimental

Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

Deuteranope

Deuteration

English word

Devaluation

Devastation

MTD envelopes (anagram)

Move Len's dept (anagram)

Advances in a process

Deverbative

""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.""

""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.""

DEVILISH {fiendish=adj}

Devoutness

DIAGNOSE to identify a disease by symptoms

""DIAGNOSTIC Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.""

Diagonalize

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

Translucently.

Diaphoretic

Diapositive

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""

Diatessaron

""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).""

Dichlorvos

Dichotomist

Dichotomize

The state of being dichromatic.

Dichroscope

Dicotyledon

It's not popular, as a rule

Form of rule

Stalin's fashionable way of governing

Books for every term

Sign on delivery for reference books

Students may use them for every term

Dictyostele

Didacticism

Part 2 of quip

Part 4 of quip

Troubles

Diffraction

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

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

Diglyceride

""Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.""

By way of digression.

Dilatometer

Procrastinator's fault

Sort ladies in ground being slow

Oldster is in a muddle, not knowing which course to take (wordplay)

Pretty girl, embracing one Latvian worker, is like an amateur

Superficial approach

Wastes time by being indecisive

Woman politely sent back whoppers after herb trifles

Dawdles

Diluteness

Dimension

Dimercaprol

Capable of being diminished or lessened.

Diminution.

Dipeptidase

Diphosphate

Diphtheroid

Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.

Diplodocus

Diplomatist

Those who drink and swim thus - lunatics!

Dipterocarp

DIRECTED direct

Directness

Directorate

The condition or office of a director; directorate.

Directress

Physical limitations

Disablement

Double sugar / Travel freely? merger (nonverbal)

Disaccord

Disaccustom

Dad navigates criminal stumbling block

Put in an unfavourable position

Unfavourable circumstance

Disaffect

Alienation; ill-will

Alienation

End an attachment to an organisation

Disaffirm

Separate into component parts

With beagles, a ride turned out nasty

Like some weather.

End of the quote

In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Demagnetiser smashed in quarrel

Row of detectives with squad in a salute

Quarrel leading to underworld contract

The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

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

Disannul

*Part of many a magic act

Fading rum dip gains when fruit is added

Doctor finally is paged and pain unexpectedly is vanishing

Let down after daughter is given a job

Sad and let-down

Crestfallen as Democrat is elected

Disapproval

Disapprover

Builder providing spa is critical

Critical of detective's program going out of range

Disarmament

ARRANGING arrange

ASSEMBLED assemble

Disassemble

Cut off from detective's sidekick

Sever ties, as with a group

Disconnect, separate

Disastrous

Disbandment

Disbeliever

BELIEVING believe

Disbowel

Disburden

Payment of money from a fund

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

In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.

Discernment

The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.

Relating to rules of conduct

Revulsive love photos in journal about correction

Discipliner

""DISCIPLINE The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.""

A disavowing or disowning.

Phonograph Records

Phonograph Records

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.

Germany is united - and worried!

Second credit (anagram) - thrown

Disturbed the composure of

Disconfirm

Lacking a logical sequence

(Of speech) lacking a logical sequence

Underworld had contacts, or perhaps it didn't

Record terribly neat solo, getting down!

Merges into a big company

Sad; beyond comfort

Experiencing dissatisfaction

Unhappy woman's against temporary home provided by man

Party with any number under canvas makes one unhappy

No longer produced

Can no longer order detectives to press on with head of department

Stops selling record, not in use after remix

Discordance

Discordant

Where go-go crowds go.

Girl's payments, of a kind, covering old-time musical entertainment

""Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank. as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.""

Discourager

Putting (someone) off

Dashing hopes, record the passing of our youth (wordplay)

With noisy entertainment old city getting older is off-putting

Rude detective imprisons one polite type

Rude, inconsiderate

Ill-mannered

""Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry. as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.""

Discredit

DISCREET {tactful=adj}

Discrepant

DISCRETE separate

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)

Discursive

Disdainful

Diseconomy

Bad-mouth travel (wordplay)

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

Disembody

EMBOGUING embogue

Disembowel