| defenseless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenceless |
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| (adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover | Synonyms: naked |
| (adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenceless |
| defensible | (adjective) capable of being defended | Synonyms: defendable |
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| defensive | (adjective) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack | - |
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| (adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: justificative, justificatory |
| deferent | (adjective) showing deference | Synonyms: deferential, regardful |
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| deferential | (adjective) showing deference | Synonyms: deferent, regardful |
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| defervescent | (adjective) of or relating to the reduction of a fever | - |
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| deficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: insufficient |
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| (adjective) inadequate in amount or degree | Synonyms: lacking, wanting |
| (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: inferior, substandard |
| degenerate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| degenerative | (adjective) (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function | - |
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| dehiscent | (adjective) (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds | - |
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| delinquent | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: overdue |
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| (adjective) guilty of a misdeed | - |
| (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: derelict, neglectful, remiss |
| deliquescent | (adjective) (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| demented | (adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
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| demulcent | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: emollient, salving, softening |
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| denary | (adjective) containing ten or ten parts | Synonyms: ten-fold, tenfold |
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| (adjective) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten | Synonyms: decimal |
| denatured | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denaturised, denaturized |
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| denaturised | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturized |
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| denaturized | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturised |
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| dendriform | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| dendritic | (adjective) (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite | - |
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| dendroid | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| dendroidal | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| deniable | (adjective) capable of being denied or contradicted | - |
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| denigrating | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| denigrative | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| denigratory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| denominational | (adjective) adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination | - |
| (adjective) relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp | - |
| denotative | (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | Synonyms: denotive |
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| (adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term | Synonyms: explicit |
| denotive | (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | Synonyms: denotative |
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| dense | (adjective) having high relative density or specific gravity | - |
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| (adjective) hard to pass through because of dense growth | Synonyms: thick |
| (adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow |
| (adjective) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | Synonyms: heavy, impenetrable |
| (adjective) having component parts closely crowded together | Synonyms: thick |
| dental | (adjective) of or relating to the teeth | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to dentistry | - |
| dentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections in the margin | - |
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| dented | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: bent, crumpled |
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| denticulate | (adjective) having a very finely toothed margin | - |
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| denudate | (adjective) without the natural or usual covering | Synonyms: bald, denuded |
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| denuded | (adjective) without the natural or usual covering | Synonyms: bald, denudate |
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| denumerable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: countable, enumerable, numerable |
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| denunciative | (adjective) containing warning of punishment | Synonyms: comminatory, denunciatory |
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| denunciatory | (adjective) containing warning of punishment | Synonyms: comminatory, denunciative |
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| departmental | (adjective) of or relating to a department | - |
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| dependable | (adjective) worthy of reliance or trust | Synonyms: reliable |
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| (adjective) financially safe | Synonyms: good, safe, secure |
| (adjective) consistent in performance or behavior | Synonyms: rock-steady, steady-going |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: honest, reliable, true |
| dependant | (adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
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| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependent, qualified |
| dependent | (adjective) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed | - |
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| (adjective) (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | Synonyms: subordinate |
| (adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependant, qualified |
| (adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | Synonyms: subject |
| (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: pendant, pendent |
| descendant | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendent |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
| descendent | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendant |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendant |
| descending | (adjective) coming down or downward | - |
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| desensitising | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitizing |
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| desensitizing | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitising |
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| despondent | (adjective) without or almost without hope | Synonyms: heartsick |
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| detergent | (adjective) having cleansing power | Synonyms: detersive |
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| deterrent | (adjective) tending to deter | - |
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| detrimental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious |
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| developmental | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting development | - |
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| different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
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| (adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
| (adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
| (adjective) distinct or separate | - |
| differentiable | (adjective) possessing a differential coefficient or derivative | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being perceived as different | - |
| differential | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference | - |
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| (adjective) involving or containing one or more derivatives | - |
| differentiated | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment | - |
| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| diligent | (adjective) characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks | - |
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| (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: persevering |
| dimensional | (adjective) of or relating to dimensions | - |
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| (adjective) having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person | - |
| dimensioning | (adjective) indicating or determining size and position in space | - |
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| diminuendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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| discontent | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontented |
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| discontented | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontent |
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| disenchanted | (adjective) freed from enchantment | - |
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| disenchanting | (adjective) freeing from illusion or false belief | Synonyms: disillusioning |
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| disenfranchised | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disfranchised, voiceless, voteless |
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| disentangled | (adjective) straightened out | Synonyms: loosened, unsnarled |
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| disheartened | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, discouraged |
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| disheartening | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, demoralizing, dispiriting |
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| disingenuous | (adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | Synonyms: artful |
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| disobedient | (adjective) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority | - |
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| (adjective) unwilling to submit to authority | Synonyms: unruly |
| disoriented | (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, lost |
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| (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, anomic |
| disorienting | (adjective) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings | - |
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| dispensable | (adjective) capable of being dispensed with or done without | - |
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| dispensed | (adjective) distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions | - |
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| dissentient | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissenting, dissident |
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| (adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: recusant |
| dissenting | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissident |
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| dissentious | (adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | Synonyms: divisive, factious |
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| dissident | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissenting |
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| (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: heretical, heterodox |
| dissilient | (adjective) bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels | - |
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| distended | (adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, intumescent, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
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| distensible | (adjective) capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand | - |
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| divalent | (adjective) having a valence of two or having two valences | Synonyms: bivalent |
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| divergent | (adjective) tending to move apart in different directions | Synonyms: diverging |
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| (adjective) diverging from another or from a standard | - |
| documental | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or derived from documents | Synonyms: documentary |
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| documentary | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or derived from documents | Synonyms: documental |
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| (adjective) (of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event | - |
| documented | (adjective) furnished with or supported by documents | - |
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| (adjective) established as genuine | Synonyms: attested, authenticated |
| dorsoventral | (adjective) extending from the back to the belly | - |
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| downtrodden | (adjective) abused or oppressed by people in power | - |
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| dozen | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units | Synonyms: 12, twelve, xii |
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| drenched | (adjective) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | Synonyms: drenched in |
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| driven | (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, determined |
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| (adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency | Synonyms: goaded |
| (adjective) urged or forced to action through moral pressure | Synonyms: impelled |
| drunken | (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: bibulous, boozy, sottish |
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| dumbstricken | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| duodenal | (adjective) in or relating to the duodenum | - |
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| dysgenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenic |
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| earthen | (adjective) made of earth (or baked clay) | - |
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| ebullient | (adjective) joyously unrestrained | Synonyms: exuberant, high-spirited |
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| eccentric | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric | Synonyms: nonconcentric |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |