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# English words: D

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · **D** · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1199 words under D; 101–200 on this page.

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- [deafen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deafen/) — To make so much noise that people cannot hear anything else, or can hardly hear for a while: «The music deafened us».
- [deafening](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deafening/) — A deafening noise is extremely loud, so loud you can hardly hear anything else.
- [deafness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deafness/) — Deafness is being unable to hear, or being able to hear only a little.
- [deal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deal/) — A deal is an agreement between people, often in buying, selling or swapping. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dealer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dealer/) — A dealer is a person or business that buys and sells a particular kind of thing, such as cars, art or antiques. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dealings](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dealings/) — The business or contact that people or groups have with each other: «my dealings with the bank». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dean](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dean/) — A dean is a person who is in charge of a part of a college or university, or of students.
- [dear](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dear/) — Dear means loved or very much liked: «my dear friend».
- [dearly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dearly/) — Very much: I love you dearly; she would dearly like a puppy. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dearth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dearth/) — A dearth is a shortage, a time when there is not enough of something, such as food. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [death](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/death/) — The end of life; when a person, animal or plant dies and stops living for ever. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deathless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deathless/) — Deathless means that something never dies or never ends; it lasts for ever.
- [deathly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deathly/) — Deathly means like death, cold and still.
- [debar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debar/) — Here only a part of a place name: Lo-debar, a town in Gilead east of the Jordan. — Jewish tradition
- [debate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debate/) — A debate is a formal discussion where people give arguments for and against an idea, often with rules and a vote at the end. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [debater](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debater/) — A person who takes part in a debate: a formal argument where speakers give reasons for and against an idea.
- [debility](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debility/) — Debility is great weakness of the body, when someone is ill and has no strength.
- [debit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debit/) — A debit is money taken out of a bank account.
- [debris](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debris/) — Broken pieces left after something has been destroyed or has fallen: bits of wood, stone, glass.
- [debt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debt/) — A debt is money that you owe to someone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [debtor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debtor/) — A debtor is a person who owes money to someone else. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [debug](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debug/) — To find and fix the mistakes (bugs) in a computer program.
- [debugger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debugger/) — A person or a program that looks for the mistakes (bugs) in a computer program, so that they can be fixed.
- [debut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/debut/) — The first time someone performs or appears in public, such as a singer's first concert or a player's first game.
- [dec](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dec/) — Short for December, the twelfth and last month of the year (Dec).
- [decade](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decade/) — A decade is a period of ten years. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decapod](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decapod/) — A decapod is a crustacean with ten legs, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, prawn or crayfish.
- [decay](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decay/) — To rot or break down slowly, as dead plants, animals and food do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deceased](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceased/) — Dead: her deceased grandfather.
- [deceit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceit/) — Deceit is making someone believe something that is not true, to trick them. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deceitful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceitful/) — A deceitful person often lies or tricks people to make them believe things that are not true. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deceitfully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceitfully/) — In a tricky way, by lying or cheating so that someone is fooled. — Jewish tradition
- [deceive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceive/) — To deceive someone means to make them believe something that is not true, in order to trick them. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deceiver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceiver/) — A deceiver is a person who deceives, that is, tricks people into believing something false. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decelerate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decelerate/) — To slow down; to go less fast.
- [deceleration](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceleration/) — Deceleration is slowing down; the rate at which something's speed gets smaller.
- [december](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/december/) — December is the twelfth and last month of the year.
- [decent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decent/) — Decent means good enough, of an acceptable or fairly good quality.
- [decently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decently/) — Decently means in a polite, fair and respectable way that people think is right.
- [deception](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deception/) — Making someone believe something that is not true; tricking or lying.
- [deceptive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceptive/) — Giving a false idea or impression, so that something seems different from what it really is.
- [deceptively](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deceptively/) — Deceptively means in a way that makes something seem different from what it really is: "the question looks deceptively easy" means it…
- [decibel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decibel/) — A decibel is a unit for measuring how loud a sound is.
- [decide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decide/) — To decide is to make up your mind, to choose after thinking: I decided to stay. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decidedly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decidedly/) — Clearly and without any doubt; very much: it was decidedly colder.
- [deciduous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deciduous/) — Deciduous trees and bushes lose all their leaves every autumn (fall) and grow new ones in spring.
- [decimal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decimal/) — A decimal (or decimal number) is a number written with a decimal point, such as 3.5 or 0.25, to show parts smaller than one. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decimeter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decimeter/) — A decimeter is a unit of length.
- [decimetre](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decimetre/) — A decimetre is a unit of length equal to 10 centimetres, or one tenth of a metre.
- [deciphered](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deciphered/) — Worked out the meaning of a secret code and turned it into plain words. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decipherment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decipherment/) — Decipherment is working out the meaning of a code, secret message or old writing that is hard to read.
- [decision](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decision/) — A decision is a choice you make after thinking about what to do: a hard decision. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decisive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decisive/) — Decisive describes a person who can make decisions quickly and firmly.
- [deck](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deck/) — A deck is a set of playing cards. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [declaration](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/declaration/) — A declaration is an official or important statement that says something clearly to everyone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [declare](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/declare/) — To declare is to say something clearly, firmly or officially, so everyone knows. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [declared](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/declared/) — Declared is the past form of «declare»: said clearly, firmly or officially. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decline](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decline/) — To decline is to say no politely to an offer or invitation. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [declivity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/declivity/) — A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank.
- [decode](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decode/) — To decode a secret message or code is to change it back into normal words so you can understand it.
- [decoder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decoder/) — The part of a system that turns a code back into the full message, picture or text.
- [decoding](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decoding/) — Decoding means turning a secret code or message back into normal words so it can be read.
- [decompose](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decompose/) — To rot or break down slowly, as dead plants and animals do, with help from bacteria, fungi and small creatures.
- [decomposition](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decomposition/) — The natural breaking down of dead plants and animals into simpler things, by bacteria, fungi and worms; rotting.
- [decorate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decorate/) — To make something look nicer by adding pretty things: decorate the cake with icing.
- [decoration](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decoration/) — Something added to make a thing or place look pretty or special, like balloons, tinsel or ornaments.
- [decorative](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decorative/) — Decorative means used to make something look pretty or attractive, rather than to be useful.
- [decorator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decorator/) — A person whose job is painting and wallpapering rooms and houses.
- [decoy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decoy/) — A decoy is a person or thing used to trick someone and lead them away or into a trap.
- [decrease](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decrease/) — To decrease is to become smaller or fewer in size, number or amount. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decree](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decree/) — A decree is an official order given by a ruler, a government or a court. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decreed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decreed/) — If a ruler or government decreed something, they gave an official order. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [decrepit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/decrepit/) — Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use.
- [ded](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ded/) — A broken piece of the word "intended," split by a line break in old printing. — Jewish tradition
- [dedicate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dedicate/) — To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dedicated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dedicated/) — A dedicated person works very hard at something because they care about it a lot. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dedication](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dedication/) — Hard work and loyalty to a task or a purpose over a long time: «Her dedication to swimming won her the medal». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deduce](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deduce/) — To work out a conclusion by thinking carefully from clues or facts. — Jewish tradition
- [deduct](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deduct/) — To take away an amount from a total, such as money or points.
- [deduction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deduction/) — An amount taken away from a total (a deduction from your pay).
- [deed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deed/) — Something that someone does on purpose, especially something very good or very bad: «a good deed», «evil deeds». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deem](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deem/) — To consider or judge something in a particular way (The water was deemed safe). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deep](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deep/) — Deep means going far down from the top. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deepening](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deepening/) — Deepening means becoming or making something deeper, so it goes further down. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deeply](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deeply/) — Very much; strongly, as in feelings. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [deepness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deepness/) — How deep something is, or its depth. — Jewish tradition
- [deer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deer/) — A deer is a wild animal with long thin legs and brown fur that eats plants and runs fast.
- [deerskin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deerskin/) — The skin of a deer, especially when made into soft leather for clothes, shoes or bags.
- [defamation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defamation/) — Defamation is saying or writing something untrue about a person that damages their good name.
- [default](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/default/) — The setting or choice that a computer, phone or game uses unless you change it: «the default font».
- [defeasible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defeasible/) — Defeasible means able to be cancelled or overturned, for example a right, a contract or a conclusion that may be undone by new facts.
- [defeat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defeat/) — To defeat means to win against someone in a game, fight, war or vote: "we defeated the visiting team". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [defecate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defecate/) — To pass solid waste (poo) out of the body through the bottom.
- [defect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defect/) — noun: A defect is a fault or flaw that makes something not work properly or not look right.
- [defective](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defective/) — Not working properly because something is wrong with it; having a fault.
- [defence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defence/) — Defence is protecting yourself or something against attack or danger. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [defenceless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defenceless/) — Defenceless means having no protection, and unable to fight back or guard yourself.
- [defend](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defend/) — To defend someone or something is to protect it from attack or harm. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [defendant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defendant/) — A defendant is a person accused of a crime in a court of law, who must answer the charge.
- [defender](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defender/) — A person who protects someone or something from attack or harm. — everyday · Jewish tradition