| discreditable | (adjective) tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy | - |
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| discrete | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: distinct |
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| discriminable | (adjective) capable of being discriminated | - |
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| discriminate | (adjective) marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions | - |
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| discriminative | (adjective) expressing careful judgment | Synonyms: judicial |
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| (adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminatory |
| discursive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: digressive, excursive, rambling |
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| (adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | Synonyms: dianoetic |
| dishonorable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonourable |
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| (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonest |
| dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| disintegrable | (adjective) capable of melting | Synonyms: meltable |
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| disintegrative | (adjective) tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts | - |
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| disjunctive | (adjective) serving or tending to divide or separate | - |
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| disklike | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped |
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| dislikable | (adjective) such as to provoke dislike | - |
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| dismissible | (adjective) subject to dismissal | - |
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| dismissive | (adjective) stopping to associate with | - |
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| (adjective) showing indifference or disregard | - |
| disparate | (adjective) fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind | - |
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| (adjective) including markedly dissimilar elements | - |
| dispassionate | (adjective) unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice | Synonyms: cold-eyed |
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| dispensable | (adjective) capable of being dispensed with or done without | - |
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| dispersive | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, diffusive, disseminative |
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| disposable | (adjective) designed to be disposed of after use | - |
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| (adjective) free or available for use or disposition | - |
| disproportionate | (adjective) out of proportion | Synonyms: disproportional |
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| (adjective) not proportionate | - |
| disputable | (adjective) capable of being disproved | Synonyms: debatable |
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| (adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: arguable, debatable, moot |
| disputative | (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputatious, litigious |
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| disreputable | (adjective) lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance | - |
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| disruptive | (adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | Synonyms: riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent |
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| disseminative | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, diffusive, dispersive |
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| dissimulative | (adjective) concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive | - |
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| dissociable | (adjective) capable of being divided or dissociated | Synonyms: separable, severable |
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| dissociative | (adjective) tending to produce dissociation | - |
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| dissoluble | (adjective) capable of dissolving | Synonyms: dissolvable |
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| dissolute | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| dissolvable | (adjective) capable of dissolving | Synonyms: dissoluble |
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| dissuasive | (adjective) deterring from action | - |
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| distensible | (adjective) capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand | - |
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| distinctive | (adjective) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing | Synonyms: typical |
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| (adjective) capable of being classified | Synonyms: classifiable |
| distinguishable | (adjective) capable of being perceived as different or distinct | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality | Synonyms: distinct |
| distortable | (adjective) capable of having the meaning altered or twisted | - |
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| distributive | (adjective) serving to distribute or allot or disperse | - |
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| diverse | (adjective) distinctly dissimilar or unlike | Synonyms: various |
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| (adjective) many and different | Synonyms: divers |
| dividable | (adjective) can be divided usually without leaving a remainder | - |
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| divine | (adjective) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | Synonyms: elysian, inspired |
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| (adjective) emanating from God | Synonyms: godly |
| (adjective) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity | - |
| (adjective) appropriate to or befitting a god | Synonyms: godlike |
| (adjective) being or having the nature of a god | Synonyms: godlike |
| (adjective) resulting from divine providence | Synonyms: providential |
| divisible | (adjective) capable of being or liable to be divided or separated | - |
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| divisive | (adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) | Synonyms: dissentious, factious |
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| doable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, achievable, manageable, realizable |
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| docile | (adjective) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed | - |
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| (adjective) easily handled or managed | Synonyms: gentle |
| (adjective) ready and willing to be taught | Synonyms: teachable |
| doctrinaire | (adjective) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability | - |
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| doglike | (adjective) resembling a dog; especially in devotion | - |
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| dolabrate | (adjective) having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver | Synonyms: dolabriform |
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| done | (adjective) cooked until ready to serve | - |
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| (adjective) having finished or arrived at completion | Synonyms: through, through with |
| dormie | (adjective) in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played | Synonyms: dormy |
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| double | (adjective) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | Synonyms: bivalent |
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| (adjective) used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements | - |
| (adjective) having two meanings with intent to deceive | Synonyms: forked |
| (adjective) large enough for two | - |
| (adjective) twice as great or many | Synonyms: doubled, two-fold, twofold |
| (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: dual, duple |
| (adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold |
| downlike | (adjective) like down or as soft as down | Synonyms: downy, flossy, fluffy |
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| downscale | (adjective) intended for people with low incomes | - |
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| downstage | (adjective) of the front half of a stage | - |
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| dreamlike | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: surreal |
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| drinkable | (adjective) suitable for drinking | Synonyms: potable |
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| dubitable | (adjective) open to doubt or suspicion | Synonyms: doubtful, dubious, in question |
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| ductile | (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile |
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| (adjective) easily influenced | Synonyms: malleable |
| due | (adjective) owed and payable immediately or on demand | - |
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| (adjective) suitable to or expected in the circumstances | - |
| (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: ascribable, imputable, referable |
| (adjective) scheduled to arrive | - |
| duple | (adjective) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs | Synonyms: double, dual |
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| duplicable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicatable |
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| duplicatable | (adjective) capable of being duplicated | Synonyms: duplicable |
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| duplicate | (adjective) being two identical | Synonyms: matching, twin, twinned |
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| (adjective) identically copied from an original | - |
| durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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| (adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
| (adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
| dustlike | (adjective) as fine and powdery as dust | - |
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| dutiable | (adjective) subject to import tax | - |
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| earthlike | (adjective) earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth | - |
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| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of earth | - |
| eastside | (adjective) of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan | - |
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| eatable | (adjective) suitable for use as food | Synonyms: comestible, edible |
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| ebracteate | (adjective) without bracts | - |
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| eccrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature | - |
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| echolike | (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echoic |
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| edentate | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edental, edentulate |
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| edentulate | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edental, edentate |
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| edible | (adjective) suitable for use as food | Synonyms: comestible, eatable |
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| educative | (adjective) resulting in education | - |
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| eellike | (adjective) resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous | - |
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| eerie | (adjective) inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening | Synonyms: eery |
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| (adjective) suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious | - |
| effaceable | (adjective) capable of being effaced | Synonyms: erasable |
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| effective | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effectual, efficacious |
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| (adjective) existing in fact; not theoretical; real | - |
| (adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: efficient |
| (adjective) works well as a means or remedy | - |
| (adjective) ready for service | - |
| (adjective) exerting force or influence | Synonyms: good, in effect, in force |
| effeminate | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
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| effete | (adjective) deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective | - |
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| (adjective) affected, overrefined, and effeminate | - |
| effusive | (adjective) extravagantly demonstrative | Synonyms: gushing, gushy |
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| (adjective) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm | Synonyms: burbling, burbly, gushing |
| elaborate | (adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail | Synonyms: detailed, elaborated |
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| (adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail | Synonyms: luxuriant |
| elective | (adjective) subject to popular election | Synonyms: elected |
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| (adjective) optional | Synonyms: facultative |
| electromotive | (adjective) concerned with or producing electric current | - |
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| electronegative | (adjective) having a negative charge | Synonyms: negative, negatively charged |
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| electropositive | (adjective) having a positive charge | Synonyms: positive, positively charged |
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| elephantine | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: gargantuan, giant, jumbo |
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| elflike | (adjective) small and delicate | Synonyms: elfin |
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| eligible | (adjective) qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen | - |
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| elite | (adjective) selected as the best | Synonyms: elect |
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| elongate | (adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender | Synonyms: elongated |
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| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | Synonyms: linear |
| elucidative | (adjective) that makes clear | Synonyms: clarifying |
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| elusive | (adjective) skillful at eluding capture | - |
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| (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough |
| (adjective) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze | Synonyms: subtle |
| (adjective) difficult to describe | - |
| emancipative | (adjective) tending to set free | - |
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| emarginate | (adjective) having a notched tip | - |
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| emasculate | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
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| emotive | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affectional, affective |
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| employable | (adjective) physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available | - |
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