2-Letter Words Starting with D

More scatterbrained

Screen separating parts of room

Room partition, for example

Partition's purpose

He may twig the source!

More wonderful soothsayer

Crazy drive-in prophet

In x division y, y

The 5 in "10 division 5," e.g

It might follow a slash mark

More likely to fall over

Giddier

Relatively hard to pin down

More evasive

Less reliable

More stylish and showy Colloq.

More stylish and showy: Colloq.

Benefactor clutches at benefactor!

The presenter trod on a nasty mess

He's given a rod, not new

School desk drawer (wordplay)

Idle sketcher (wordplay)

Quick sketch artist (wordplay)

Dorky

Bond report (wordplay)

File of papers (sometimes dodgy)

Report on a criminal, say

Madder in Mich. city (wordplay)

Madder in Mich. city?

The otter I'd got more off its head

Two-timer

E.g. St Thomas

Thomas, for example

One who is not sure

Gratuity; bribe

A bribe

Nothing stops Mussolini turning up game for a bribe

Rich old girl to make bet (wordplay)

Queen mother, for one

Do have a flutter, old lady!

More matronly in dress

More old-fashioned

Softer, as pillows

More like a cygnet

Even softer

Less exciting

More monotonous.

Less colorful

Maker of plans.

Doctor following planner

One whose work is revised

It searches for fish

Trawler

Device for drawing off liquid

Kitchen item Arab brought back into cafe

In Berlin, the wet parts becoming drier

Hammond organ feature

Coupler on a railroad car

Tractor hitch

One with a Southern accent

Extender of vowel sounds

Protractor left in boxlike container

Mitty, for one

King of America, 3 in song

Don Quixote, for example

Dr. Lawn Tool

That's the way to get the bottom up

Shaker for condiments

Welsh contribution to theatre (wordplay)

Sideboard behind the scenes (wordplay)

Welsh clothier (wordplay)

Tramp in snow, perhaps (wordplay)

Hobo, for one

One without roots (wordplay)

Boring person (wordplay)

Dentist, at times

Searcher for oil

Boozer kinder when sozzled? Right!

Toper, for one

One who has difficulty passing the bar

Jack the (Pollock)

More whimsically humorous

More comic

More amusing.

One dispenses with a bad fielder!

Tube for applying liquid

Small tube with a rubber bulb at one end

One that {drowns=v}

One who kills an opponent (wordplay)

One that {drudges=v}

One producing hit for band (wordplay)

Ringo, for one

Gene Krupa, say

More in need of a designated driver

More smashed

More inebriated

More hunky-dory

More copacetic

More swell

One will fight with the sound of 7 down

One settling a point of honour

Aaron Burr was one.

More short and stout

More run-down

Shorter and shorter.

Dungy

More shadowy, as evening

More gloomy

More in need of housecleaning

Like a dirt road vis-a-vis pavement

Less frequently used

Roman co-magistrate

Dwarf

One residing (in a place)

One living (at a place)

Resident departs with Pickwick's man

More delicate

More squeamish.

More exquisite

Damned

Moist kind of depressant (wordplay)

A thing that deadens

One having an inhibiting effect

For a man, more neat in appearance

Brown paint, for example

Darkly

Darned

Dug earth (anagram)

The guard (anagram)

Changing of 'the guard' (wordplay)

That which devitalizes.

Benzocaine, for example

Novocain, for example

More unbearable Colloq.

More unbearable: Colloq.

More lethal or fatal

Carefree - or in a bed (anagram)

Jaunty and sophisticated

Sack over broadcasting with style

Archie's exposer (wordplay)

Critic or iconoclast

One who exposes a sham

Perhaps slow down for a drink from there

Glass spirits container

Serving bottle for liquor

Liar, for example

One who misleads

How I have got into a false creed

One of the ten Roman magistrates

One of a group of ten Roman lawmakers

Old magistrate, one of ten preoccupied with twelve tables

Make (a thing) eccentric.

Work out (text in code)

Unravel, as a mystery

Figure out price he'd restructured

Successful bidder (bridge)

One calling for no trump, perhaps

Dummy's bridge partner.

One who {declines=v}

""To deprive of color, also DECOLOR""

Isle of Man judge

Manx judge, or novel by Hall Caine.

Novel by Hall Caine (with "The").

River dredger

Intensifying agent

Intensifier.

One who {defeats=v}

One seeking asylum, perhaps

Baryshnikov, for one

Baryshnikov, for example

Player in which to put faith (wordplay)

Fed up 'Terminator' is back, maybe

He is there to protect back, for example

Procrastinator, essentially

Procrastinator

Procrastinator.

Parking lot prankster, perhaps

Foe of the pompous.

Gas balloon emptier

Sully an overstuffed cow (wordplay)

Ruin agent set up by subordinate

Chemical that removes suds

Windshield-clearing aid

It helps drivers see through glass

Windshield cleaner

One that {deforms=v}

One that {defrays=v}

One that {degasses=v}

One who corrupts.

Humiliating type

Sadist

Stripper of antlers.

The Camptown plum puller whose stock has points taken off (wordplay)

Croissants et cafe.

Breakfast in Paris.

French meal.

One that gets rid of lice

Reduce the sheen of yarn

A gold-digger, for instance.

Peremptory claimant.

Insistent one

Behavior or air

Outward behavior

Outward manner

""To remove a division from a corporation, also DEMERGE""

Eliot's wife-beater somehow deters MP

Murderer entering mild objection

Lawyer's objection

Legal objection about murderer

Writer or painter

Artist of a sort

Delineator.

Regretful one

One that {depraves=v}

Despoiler of others

Dispossessor.

Inventor of a pistol

Creator of potable water, perhaps

Apparatus for making seawater potable

Creator of drinkable water

One catching sight of something

Crow's-nest lookout, for example

One who detects by observation

Front runner (wordplay)

One running from the front (wordplay)

One who is AWOL, perhaps

Waiter (wordplay)

Worthy one

Waiter?

Architect or couturier, say

Dior, for one

Hilfiger or Lauren, e.g

To remove the silver from

He feels contempt

One who's far from a fan

One in hate mode

Old warhorse of the French, one making an effort

To free from sulphur

One that {detaches=v}

Car wash worker

One who spiffs up your wheels

Car wash employee

Writ sought by a warden

Writ for continued custody.

Writ for holding a prisoner.

Discoverer

Device for monitoring hazards

Geiger counter, for example

Device warning of, eg, smoke

One that {deterges=v}

One who discourages

Grimace maker, maybe

Person feeling abhorrence

Lover's antithesis

One that {deticks=v}

One that {deviates=v}

One putting away food

Hungry eater.

Hungry eater

Devout

One that {dialogs=v}

""An apparatus used for dialysis, also DIALYZER""

""An apparatus used for dialysis, also DIALYSER""

Distance across, maybe

Paying back (of money)

Pizza slice (wordplay)

Takes down what the boss says to tyrant

Takes down what boss says to tyrant

Absolute ruler (Great in Chaplin film)

A little grebe did, used paper

Small grebe

Seemed to be missing a person with unreliable attendance record (wordplay)

Creator of shaping tools

Tool craftsman

Translucent light cover

Disagree about American broadcaster

Disagree about American electrical apparatus

""One that diffuses, also DIFFUSER""

One who abridges books

Make of abridgments.

A condenser of articles.

""An apparatus which softens substances, also DIGESTER""

Dimply

Shape is a round, square figure!

Velociraptor, for one

Barney, for one

A coupling device

More to the point

More straightforward

Less roundabout

Record it (anagram)

He puts on many an act

Member of a company board

One who takes your gun

Pacifist admires negotiated end to war

Charming one

Titanic sinking, for one

Star dies (anagram)

New star dies in Act of God, perhaps

Run in the wash, e.g

Lighten or darken in the wash

Fade, maybe

Checker, for one, in charge of pioneer

Hear of a record surplus

Learn about divorces

The doghouse, so to speak

Lack of approval

What some fall into

Bring shame upon

Worst fate for a Klingon

Use calumny

Reverse some undertaking (wordplay)

Dig up, say a body

Raise the dead (wordplay)

One that {dislikes=v}

Dismal

Lack of organisation makes one sick!

Such confusion it makes you feel sick!

Do driers create untidiness (wordplay)

One who bestows

Just the man to deal with the underworld problem!

Arranger

One entangled in a wrangle

One in a row put in dries out

Challenger

One who {disrobes=v}

Cut into parts

Dish is served, cut into pieces

Norfolk town always separate

Irresolute person agitates the rider

Indecisive person

Flustered one

Amusing one

One that {divorces=v}

Stool pigeon

One who's shaking

Golden ager with an unsteady walk

Shaky type

Doggone

One who steals dogs

Be a bad boss (wordplay)

Tyrannize quarry caught by activist

Bully leading batting order in game

Old Scots court crier.

One predicting disaster

Prognosticator of sorts

Pre-election consultant

He's got inside info

More like paste

One of the twelve legendary knights

Now proud (anagram)

Rain drop now underground, perhaps

Row with pound shaky in sudden fall

Draffy

Less insulated

Draggy

Ride for Don "The Snake" Prudhomme

Car adapted for acceleration race

Car designed for 1,320 ft. races

Drawly

More head-in-the-clouds

I err, made drunk and getting more vague

More swoon-worthy

More cheerless and dull

Doctor holding back? That is more dismal

Not so sunny

More muddy.

More muddy

Fireman, at times

Torrential rain, for example

Soaking downpour

Costumed more stylishly

Further from casual

Like slacks vis-a-vis sweats

One running at mouth

Bouncer of a basketball.

One running with ball

Drifty

Drippy

One speaking nonsense

Foolish talker.

Less spirited

Drossy

Not as alert

More oscitant

Doctor worried about son getting more dozy

Druggy

Drumly

Opposite of a strong boil (wordplay)

Musical instrument - lime curd (anagram)

Instrument of Xanadu damsel (Coleridge)

System allowing use of same aerial for transmission and reception

Durned

Purplish bloom

Boiler maintenance apparatus

""One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.""

DECAL a design made to be transferred

Metric length

393.70 inches, metric

32 feet, 9 inches

About 3.38 fluid ounces

DECIME an old French coin

Speech-maker got back, having switched ends

Orator

Tradesman handing out medals (wordplay)

Authority on interiors.

Hiree after a move

""One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.""

Type of Conrad's seamen.

Serious trouble, so to speak

Area of danger

Lienee, at times

One who fails to pay

He hasn't paid his bills

Shield in "Star Trek"

Furnace device

One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

Ice-melting device

Rear window grid

Ridder of ice

DEGAUSS to demagnetize

Cleaning material, for example Gunk

Engine treatment

An apparatus used to remove ions from a solution; a common variant contains a mixture of cation exchange resin in the acid form and anion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form inside a replaceable cartridge; ions in aqueous solution are exchanged for the elements of water by passing the solution through the mixed resin.