2-Letter Words Starting with D

Brosnan's Bond predecessor

Bond in "License to Kill"

Bond between Moore and Brosnan

Major part of a tooth

Principal mass of a tooth

Hollow in hard calcareous material

Hold for questioning, perhaps

Ate din (anagram)

Sing to (someone)

An insecticide

Get rid of the dye instead

Remove dye, as from a specimen

Remove blotches

Alight! I daren't move!

Get off at Grand Central, say

Alight from French TGV (wordplay)

A substitute for blood plasma

Rid Next of awful gummy mixture

A circuitry design that uses diodes

What you choose to say

At which Laurence Olivier shines.

Choice of words

To {stain=v}

Nuts bid (anagram)

British garbage can

Receptacle for rubbish

My old man's occupation

Sussex sanitation worker

Mr Doolittle's calling.

Council workers sent mud flying

British cleaners.

They have rubbish jobs, shifting smut in Home Office

Part of sweeping efforts (wordplay)

Stand up (anagram)

Bunny collector (wordplay)

Soft fabric with velvety nap

Spying and informing.

Removal (of text)

A crossing out of noted lie

Removal of text

Loss of a stripe, maybe

Drop from major to captain, say

Forced loss of rank

Nucleus of hydrogen isotope, mass 2

Nucleus comprising a proton and a neutron

Commitment to some purpose, religion say

Commitment, to religion say

Video not working, love (wordplay)

A swell occurrence (wordplay)

A swell occurrence?

The result of getting blown up

Old Inuit set adrift, weakening

Guillotined, missing leg and weakening

Weakening, stuttering, 'I do, until...'

Gym period beset by noise coming from insect

""A two-winged insect, also DIPTERAN, DIPTERA""

Legally seize (property)

I'd raised pressure to grab property

If Sidney comes back by rail, sieze him

Graduate's gift, maybe

Present country that acts (wordplay)

Gift (to charity)

An endowment

Middle of Bangor, maybe (wordplay)

Central commercial district (US)

Newry, for instance (wordplay)

Maybe Bangor's act is in decline

Unhappy with change into recession

Feathers go into decline

A metal pin for securing timbers

Around it (anagram)

Length (of time)

For this for now

Flyer of opera (wordplay)

The Flying - (Wagner)

Hieronymus Bosch, for one

Juliana's ships.

Europeans munched nuts around square

Go to net her lands to get them

Vacuum tube

Croatian dog (wordplay)

A mad Latin (anagram)

Dog (from Croatia?)

To hell with such a matriarchal people!

Oh dear, it's a matriarchy!

Curses motherland (wordplay)

ALATION the state of having wings

Old-time executioner.

DEATHS death

Latched on to jockey - it's eventful!

Ten out of ten for the all-rounder!

Summer Olympics event

'Code' with inept resolution is cunning

For such trickery one must need cop it

Smoke, from a magician

Nice doctor shortly produced a pharmacological essence

Removal from gathering

That's not 25 down, and with reason

Points taken away in the ring

The Berlin Wall's purpose was largely to prevent this

A real let-down!

Decline in general price level

Loss of air

Low spirits of a number getting dismissal

Despondency

Sadness ... or, read another way, what five puzzle answers have in common

Linda or Dale

Make a hole in it with one on for the teeth

I intend to manipulate development of teeth

Drawing EP, in a manner of speaking

Representation in art

Delivery contains record of picture

Reduction in total value (of a resource)

Ozone layer issue

Reduction in quantity

That's leaving things in a barren state

Grounds for divorce.

Don Revie was accused of this

Uncovering deceit? Not difficult!

What sleuthing is all about

Police work cited note in question

Punishment for a class cut-up, maybe

It need not give rise to punishment

After-school punishment

A wearing off or away.

Erring and straying (wordplay)

A turning aside from a certain course

Departure from accepted standards

Get this at in a manner of speaking

Take it down from this

Speaking of words to be taken down

I incited a bent authority on food

He'll tell you what to have, of course

One guides you, as a matter of course

Food expert to stop working with artist

One helping with servings

Specialist in the study of nutrition

Gut reaction (wordplay)

span>Fizzy gin and it

Process of assimilating food

Drug for fingernail treatment

Ailing, I'd start to take new drug

Approve of European cutting out a drug

English word

""A steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C41H64O13), and is a 3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally to digitalin and digoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3. The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycoside group.steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C41H64O13), and is a 3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally to digitalin and digoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3. The related compounds <er>digitalin</er> and <er>digoxin</er> are also extracted from the foxglove (<spn>Digitalis lanata</spn> and <spn>Digitalis purpurea</spn>). The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the <isa><ecol><b>cardiac glycoside</b></ecol></isa> group.""

Course of a free-kick (wordplay)

Telling the way to go (wordplay)

Management's right, perhaps

Bridge suit holding

Two cards of a suit in a hand

Blonde out (anagram) - two cards

Bartender (wordplay)

One who draws up legal documents

Architect's aide

Some architecture firm workers

"Hunger Games" descriptor

Like "The Hunger Games" society

Like 'The Hunger Games' society

AERATION exposure to the action of air

15 across, with a loss of 10%

This took 1 across in execution

After such a loss last month, I am at one on the end

Coordinate new colour scheme (wordplay)

Prize for painting (wordplay)

Bunting (in honour of a brave man?)

Try PIN code, scrambling a spy's work

Devotion (to a task)

Inscription in a book.

'Lowly, with a broken neck, / The - lays her cheek to mine' (Meredith)

Result of having falsely named one 'fat' and 'round'

Betrayal involving a waste disposal operation

Private act you might (might!) do in front of your partner

Do it fine in sporty Focus

One of 144 here

The meaning of a word

Shield's purpose

Turning Labour leader in rebellion

Liberal in act of revolt turning away

Commission special Donegal tie

U. N. General Assembly group.

Convention group from a state

Licking lemon, idiot idiotic!

Ryan Adams' current album

Light Infantry in degrading defeat

Denial.

The marking off or separation of anything.

""The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.""

Removal of hair

Player's place?

Player's place (wordplay)

It's signed by a witness

A representative body

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

""Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.""

Belittling of a good interchange

Not ideal, so may result in ruin

Isolated after roaming about on ruin

Are you, by the sound of it, in? (Poor you!)

SORPTION the process or sorbing

No-one thanks important backer? Blast!

School at first in academic outburst

Loud report.

Belittling of the French drawing

Not a direct criminal slander

Criticism means upset editor must get a grip

Violent duo out to get a transfer of power

In county one has nasty lout leading delegation

Duke heading off rebellion with transfer of authority

Prolixity; diffuse discourse.

Obscure union - it might well be weakening

Decrease

The better part of valor

Liberty to act at pleasure; prudence

'The better part of valour'

Demoralise the sardine by cooking!

To take away enthusiasm or courage

Take away courage

Alternatively, pundits or I get upset

Some analytical piecework (wordplay)

Senior policeman opening special branch enquiry

Cutting up middle slice of dessert, in manner of speaking

DISSENT to {disagree=v}

Swelling

""The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs. as, the distention of the lungs.""

Wide-angle lens concern

Travesty of a sort

A twisting out of shape

""A pale yellow, highly toxic systemic insecticide, C 8 H 19 O 2 PS 3 , used for some vegetables and flowers.""

What could get one avoiding a subject ultimately (wordplay)

Occult art

Get a share for the Sioux by telling the future

Prediction of small return on investment by state

Present compiler's back in control

I am held back by present government

Exercise of mastery.

Auto-warranty subject

Gearing bolt found in exhaust

Car's engine-to-wheels connector

Act of doubting; doubt.

DEAMINATE

Disembarkation.

""The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.""

""The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. as, the practice declamation by students.""

It begins: "When in the Course... "

It begins: "When in the Course . . . "

It begins "When in the Course . . . "

""The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. as, declination of the head.""

The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.

""CONDITION Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.""

""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.""

A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; setoff.

""The act of deflouring; as, the defloration if a virgin. as, the defloration if a virgin.""

The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

Alteration of shape

Disfigurement

The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

Trained a dog to suffer humiliation

Trained a dog that's going off, going off

Humiliation.

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

Excessive loss of water from body

Significant loss of water

Making a god of

Eaten cold it could provide enjoyment

Election date endlessly changed for amusement

Enjoyment of naughty cat in act of destruction

Vivid verbal description

Sketch

Boundary

""NERVATION The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration.""

Calumny? Snarl and ignore it

Unfair criticism

Disparagement

The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.

The expelling of a foreigner from a country

What's patriot done wrong to become exile (wordplay)

Detraction; depreciation.

The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

Plundering.

Despoilment

Severe lack of essentials

Neglect before line in speech

Do nice strip perhaps showing outline

Portrayal

Violently disrespectful treatment

Damage of anything sacred

The offence of considerate vandalism

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

Official title or description

Appointment

Term Democrat used for Republican in giving up office

A rope ends it (wordplay)

Complete lack of hope

Rashness of Iran to speed development

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

Ruin, wreckage

... R-U-I-N

Ruin

Hating to be almost put off before Crewe, perhaps

Loathing

Hatred

DEUTERATE

Diminution of worth.

Currency maneuver

Destruction of old Chester depot

Great damage or grief

Ruin, destruction

The interval of a fourth.

""A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.""

""The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars.""

FUNCTION to perform or act

""The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.as, the disjunction of soul and body.""

Where we be (wordplay)

Disturbance of the normal position

Shoulder injury

Status of an insult comic (wordplay)

Downsizing result (wordplay)

Way in which something is placed

""The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.""

RELATION an association between people or things

Overindulgent living

Present answer, on the street

Son thus stops toning down debauchery

Dissipation; death

Difference isn't changing, in manner of speaking

Prestige gained by outstanding exam candidates

Celebrity makes speech about last of his money

It stops one concentrating

Agitated mental state

Extreme agitation

Oppressed, being under 11 (wordplay)

Oppressed, badly treated

Oppressed by those in power

One skilled at drawing

Technical plan maker

Chap who makes plans as potential king

Drawers needed for board-games

Those on the board who make plans

Copy of linocut - paid out

Copy of linocut &ndash; paid out

Doubling up

Abnormal operation

Process of stopping something working

""The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.""

Strange patina to iced topping

An action that leaves the head isolated

Fate of Anne Boleyn

A slowing down

Reduction in the going rate

Slowing of velocity

Decongest

Burning away of a substance

Worsening state of French breeding

Decline of French production

Decline of French age group

GLACIATION Act of freezing.

The act or process of removing ions.

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

Considering rearrest (wordplay)

Long and careful consideration

Thought on the continent of freedom

Not 1 across (as in selected outlets)

Mayo clinic (wordplay)

Tender foreign money around second shop

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

Extraction of a signal from its carrier

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

DENATURE to deprive of natural qualities

One, for one

He's mixed up in a religious group

Faith in money

Strong public criticism

Public condemnation of awful auctioned inn

What the whistleblower is capable of is informing

Reduction in inhabitants

Loss of inhabitants

It never goes up in financial crash

Gradual loss of value

Loss in value

""DEPUTIZE to act as a deputy, also DEPUTISE""

Act of uprooting

I worried about body of people being uprooted

Removal of restrictions

Restrictions being removed? Lie around and get sozzled

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

Longing for something

Converted into a desired, longed-for object

A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

""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

TOXICATION Poisoning.

One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.

""DIGITIZE to put into digital form, also DIGITISE""

In expansion getting badly paid leads to ruin