| damozel | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damsel, demoiselle |
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| daze | (noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity | Synonyms: fog, haze |
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| (noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally | Synonyms: shock, stupor |
| (verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief | Synonyms: bedaze, stun |
| (verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | Synonyms: bedazzle, dazzle |
| dazed | (adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock | Synonyms: stunned, stupefied, stupid |
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| (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | Synonyms: foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous |
| dazedly | (adverb) in a daze; in a dazed manner | Synonyms: torpidly |
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| deaminize | (verb) remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | Synonyms: deaminate |
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| decarbonize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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| decarburize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decoke |
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| decentralize | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, deconcentrate |
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| decentralized | (adjective) withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | Synonyms: decentralised |
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| decimalize | (verb) change to the decimal system | Synonyms: decimalise |
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| (verb) change from fractions to decimals | Synonyms: decimalise |
| decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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| decolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decriminalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| defeminize | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminise |
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| deglaze | (verb) dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring | - |
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| deglycerolize | (verb) remove from glycerol | Synonyms: deglycerolise |
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| dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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| (verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
| dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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| deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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| delocalize | (verb) remove from the proper or usual locality | - |
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| demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
| demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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| dematerialize | (verb) become immaterial; disappear | Synonyms: dematerialise |
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| demilitarize | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarise |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, disarm |
| demineralize | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralise |
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| demobilize | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilise |
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| (verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, inactivate |
| democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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| (verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
| demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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| demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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| demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder | - |
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| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| demoralized | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened |
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| demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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| demythologized | (adjective) having mythical elements removed | Synonyms: demythologised |
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| denationalize | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalise |
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| denaturalize | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalise |
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| (verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalise |
| denaturized | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturised |
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| denizen | (noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region | - |
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| (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
| deodorize | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodourise |
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| deoxidize | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, reduce |
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| depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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| depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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| depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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| deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
| derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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| desacralize | (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: secularize |
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| desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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| desensitize | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
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| (verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
| desexualize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualise |
| destabilize | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
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| (verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
| destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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| desulfurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulphurize |
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| desulphurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulfurize |
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| desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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| detransitivize | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, intransitivise, intransitivize |
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| detribalize | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalise |
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| devilize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, diabolise, diabolize |
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| devitalize | (verb) sap of life or energy | Synonyms: devitalise |
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| diabolize | (verb) turn into a devil or make devilish | Synonyms: devilise, devilize, diabolise |
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| diagonalize | (verb) transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix | Synonyms: diagonalise |
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| dialyze | (verb) separate by dialysis | Synonyms: dialyse |
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| dialyzer | (noun) a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes | Synonyms: dialysis machine |
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| diazepam | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning | Synonyms: Valium |
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| diazotize | (verb) convert (an amine) into a diazo compound | - |
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| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| digitalize | (verb) administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects | - |
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| (verb) put into digital form, as for use in a computer | Synonyms: digitalise, digitise, digitize |
| digitize | (verb) put into digital form, as for use in a computer | Synonyms: digitalise, digitalize, digitise |
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| digitizer | (noun) device for converting analogue signals into digital signals | Synonyms: analog-digital converter, analog-to-digital converter, digitiser |
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| diltiazem | (noun) a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure | Synonyms: Cardizem |
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| diphthongize | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongise |
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| discolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise |
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| disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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| disorganize | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganise |
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| disorganized | (adjective) lacking order or methodical arrangement or function | Synonyms: disorganised |
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| dizen | (verb) dress up garishly and tastelessly | Synonyms: bedizen |
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| dogmatize | (verb) state as a dogma | Synonyms: dogmatise |
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| (verb) speak dogmatically | Synonyms: dogmatise |
| domesticize | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame |
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| doppelzentner | (noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system | Synonyms: centner, hundredweight, metric hundredweight |
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| downsize | (verb) (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees | - |
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| (verb) design or manufacture in a smaller size | - |
| (verb) dismiss from work | - |
| doze | (noun) a light fitful sleep | Synonyms: drowse |
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| (verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time | Synonyms: drowse, snooze |
| dozen | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units | Synonyms: 12, twelve, xii |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | Synonyms: 12, twelve, XII |
| dozens | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| dozer | (noun) large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground | Synonyms: bulldozer |
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| dramatize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| (verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatise |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatise |
| dynamize | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamise |
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| (verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamise |
| ebonize | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonise |
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| economize | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, save |
| economizer | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economiser |
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| eczema | (noun) generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages | - |
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| editorialize | (verb) insert personal opinions into an objective statement | Synonyms: editorialise |
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| effeminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, feminise, feminize, womanize |
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| elasticized | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticised |
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| elegize | (verb) compose an elegy | Synonyms: elegise |
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| empathize | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, sympathise, sympathize, understand |
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| emphasize | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress |
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| (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasise, underline, underscore |
| emphasized | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasised, emphatic |
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| energize | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energise, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energise, excite |
| energizer | (noun) a device that supplies electrical energy | Synonyms: energiser |
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| (noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: animator, energiser, vitaliser, vitalizer |
| epitomize | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomise, typify |
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| equalize | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equate, match |
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| (verb) compensate; make the score equal | Synonyms: equalise, get even |