2-Letter Words Starting with D

Democratizer

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

Demodulation

Demolishment

One razing buildings

Demonization

Demonologist

Proving that Germany has strong team in match

Fiendish sailor crosses the street protesting

Upset, stand it no more - protest!

How-to event

Picket villain's timeshare

Movie star tend to turn out effusive

Given to expressing one's feelings

Not hiding one's feelings

Demonstrator

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

Denaturation

Dendrologist

Deniability

Joe Pesci's only Oscars gripe (wordplay)

Bills or church groups

Joe Pesci's only Oscars complaint (wordplay)

Denominative

Denouncement

An increase in the density of something.

Densitometer

""An apparatus for measuring the optical density of a material, such as a photographic negative.""

The state of being set with small notches or teeth.

Denunciation

""The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.""

Pertaining to deontology.

Deontologist

""Inflected form of OXYGENATING Inflected form of OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.

Trustworthiness

Inflected form of POLITICIZED Inflected form of POLITICIZE

Depoliticize

Depopulation

Deprecating

Deprecatory

Depreciation

Deputization

Deracination

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

Deregulation

Dermatology

Skin disease expert

Skin disorder expert

Doctor specialising in skin disorders

Dermatophyte

Desalination

Descriptive

Inflected form of SEGREGATING Inflected form of SEGREGATE Separate; select.

The ending of racial separation

Desensitizer

Making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing.sensitizing.

Desideration

Desperation; virulence.

Despoliation

Desquamation

Dessertspoon

Inflected form of STABILIZING Inflected form of STABILIZE

Destitution.

In a ruinous manner

""DESTRUCTIVE Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth. of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.""

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

Stop one old sailor getting worse

In decline

Process of worsening

Decline to put off one formal speech

A progressive worsening

Progressively worsening

Determinacy

DETERMINANT Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.

24 put off people crossing motorway

Firmness of purpose

Resolution to get legal decision

Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.

Determinator

Following on from causes

Having all events springing from causes

Controlled by external causes and not free will

Abstract noun (-ity)

Dethronement

Detoxication

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

Detumescence

The character second in importance to the protagonist in classical Greek drama.

Adverb

Deuteranopia

Deuterostome

Devastating

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

Deviationism

Deviationist

DEVOLUTION The act of rolling down.

One wanting local powers

Devotedness

A corticosteroid drug used to treat allergies or inflammation.

The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

Person associated with (-ist)

Doctor aiding actions abroad

Identifier of illnesses

In row, sceptic repulsed excellent health care worker

In a dialectical manner.

Dialectician

Diamagnetism

How opposite can you get (wordplay)

How things at opposite extremes are positioned

Absolutely

Diaphaneity

""Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves. as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.""

Diastereomer

Diastrophism

Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; opposed to athermanous. athermanous.

""DIAZOTIZE To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.""

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

Dichotomous

Dichromatism

Dictatorial

Third Reich et al.

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.)

Distinguish (between)

Show where things are not the same

Tell apart

Different

Diffusionist

Diffusivity

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

Digitization

English word

Dilapidation

Dilatometry

Dilettantism

Dimerization

Diminishment

English word

Dinucleotide

""DIPHTHONGIZE To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.""

Diphthongize

Direction

Directivity

Directorship

Disaccustom

In unfavourable circumstances

Put in an unfavourable position

Socially or economically deprived

Drawbacks

AFFECTIONS affection

AFFILIATED being joined in close association

Disaffiliate

Inflected form of AGGREGATED Inflected form of AGGREGATE To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. \'bdThe aggregated soil.\'b8aggregated soil.\'b8

Disaggregate

Game residents played to create quarrels

U. N. problems.

Differences of opinion

DISAMBIGUATE

Disambiguate

Failing to satisfy

Not as good as one had hoped

Uncouple damaged air ducts and isolate, so not functional

Separated, disconnected

Disassociate

To remove a load from (a person or animal)

Expenses for constructing emu's bird's-nest

Disclamation

The act of changing the natural color

Discomfiture

Discomfort

Causing one to feel unsettled

Such as will cause anxiety

Such as puts one off one's stride

Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Disconnect

Removal of electricity supply

Act of breaking a link

Complete break - relative can go to the devil!

Discontented.

CONTINUING continue

Gap, interval

Interrupted condition

Having intervals

Containing gaps

Discourtesy

Tending to bring harm to a reputation

Shameful

CREDITABLY In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

Left to good judgement

Not obligatory

Up to you to record conservative's current departure

Discriminant

Distinguished - treated unfairly

Candid mister, I fancy, was biased

Violates hiring laws

Rebellious minister is cad and is prejudiced

Notices the difference, certain I'd miss changes

DOCTRINAIRISM (anagram)

A distinguishing characteristic

ENCHANTERS enchanter

Disenchant

Disendowment

War of insults (wordplay)

Retreat gets demeaning somehow

A separating, releasing

ENTANGLING entangle

Disenthrall

The spoiling of an appearance

Defacement

Disguisement

Causing confidence loss

Destroying confidence

Confidence-sapping

Disincentive

Disinfectant

INFECTIONS infection

Disinfestant

Disinflation

Disinherit

Disinhibit

Disinhibit

Fell to pieces

Fallen apart

Fell apart

Breaks apart

Falls apart

A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

Dessert in diet unusually generous

Involved in edits, was still impartial

Feeling no concern

Disinterment

INTOXICATE Intoxicated.

Withdrawal from stocks, shares, etc

Reduction of assets

Withdrawal of, failure to replace, capital

In a disjunctive manner; separately.

Dislodgement

Demolition

Being cut to pieces

The cutting off of limbs

Separation of limbs

Showing defiant behaviour