| decapitated | (adjective) having had the head cut off | Synonyms: beheaded |
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| decapod | (noun) crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax | Synonyms: decapod crustacean |
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| (noun) cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones | - |
| decayed | (adjective) damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | Synonyms: rotted, rotten |
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| deceased | (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone |
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| (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed |
| decentralised | (adjective) withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | Synonyms: decentralized |
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| decentralized | (adjective) withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | Synonyms: decentralised |
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| decided | (adjective) recognizable; marked | Synonyms: distinct |
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| deciphered | (adjective) converted from cryptic to intelligible language | - |
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| deckhand | (noun) a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | Synonyms: roustabout |
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| deckled | (adjective) having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade | Synonyms: deckle-edged, featheredged |
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| declared | (adjective) made known or openly avowed | - |
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| (adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated | Synonyms: stated |
| declassified | (adjective) having had security classification removed | - |
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| decompound | (adjective) of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound | - |
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| deconsecrated | (adjective) divested of consecration | - |
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| decorated | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: adorned |
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| decreased | (adjective) made less in size or amount or degree | Synonyms: reduced |
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| decreed | (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, ordained, prescribed |
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| decurved | (adjective) bent down or curved downward | - |
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| dedicated | (adjective) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose | - |
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| (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrate, consecrated |
| dedifferentiated | (adjective) having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| deed | (noun) something that people do or cause to happen | Synonyms: act, human action, human activity |
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| (noun) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it | Synonyms: deed of conveyance, title |
| deerhound | (noun) very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland | Synonyms: Scottish deerhound |
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| defeated | (adjective) beaten or overcome; not victorious | - |
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| (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
| (noun) people who are defeated | Synonyms: discomfited |
| defend | (verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: fend for, support |
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| (verb) state or assert | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) be on the defensive; act against an attack | - |
| (verb) protect against a challenge or attack | Synonyms: guard, hold |
| (verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: champion |
| (verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: fight, fight back, fight down, oppose |
| (verb) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial | Synonyms: represent |
| defiled | (adjective) morally blemished; stained or impure | Synonyms: maculate |
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| defined | (adjective) clearly characterized or delimited | - |
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| (adjective) showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary | Synonyms: outlined |
| deflated | (adjective) brought low in spirit | Synonyms: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen |
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| defoliated | (adjective) deprived of leaves | Synonyms: defoliate |
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| deformed | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen |
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| defraud | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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| degraded | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| (adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, devalued |
| dehumanised | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanized, unhuman |
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| dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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| dehydrated | (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: desiccated, dried |
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| (adjective) suffering from excessive loss of water from the body | - |
| dejected | (adjective) affected or marked by low spirits | - |
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| delayed | (adjective) not as far along as normal in development | - |
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| delighted | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced |
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| (adjective) greatly pleased | - |
| delimited | (adjective) having the limits or boundaries established | Synonyms: bounded |
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| delineated | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineate, represented |
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| deltoid | (adjective) triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex | - |
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| (noun) a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm | Synonyms: deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus |
| demand | (noun) the act of demanding | - |
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| (noun) required activity | Synonyms: requirement |
| (noun) an urgent or peremptory request | - |
| (noun) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services | - |
| (noun) a condition requiring relief | Synonyms: need |
| (verb) request urgently and forcefully | - |
| (verb) claim as due or just | Synonyms: exact |
| (verb) summon to court | - |
| (verb) ask to be informed of | - |
| (verb) lay legal claim to | - |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take |
| demantoid | (noun) a green andradite used as a gemstone | - |
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| demented | (adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
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| demigod | (noun) a person who is part mortal and part god | Synonyms: daemon |
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| (noun) a person with great powers and abilities | Synonyms: superman, Ubermensch |
| demolished | (adjective) torn down and broken up | Synonyms: dismantled, razed |
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| demonstrated | (adjective) having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt | - |
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| demoralised | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralized, discouraged, disheartened |
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| demoralized | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened |
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| demythologised | (adjective) having mythical elements removed | Synonyms: demythologized |
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| demythologized | (adjective) having mythical elements removed | Synonyms: demythologised |
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| 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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| 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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| dented | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: bent, crumpled |
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| denuded | (adjective) without the natural or usual covering | Synonyms: bald, denudate |
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| departed | (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, gone |
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| (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone |
| (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent |
| depend | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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| (verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) | - |
| depicted | (adjective) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | Synonyms: pictured, portrayed |
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| depleted | (adjective) no longer sufficient | Synonyms: low |
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| depopulated | (adjective) having lost inhabitants as by war or disease | - |
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| depraved | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: perverse, perverted, reprobate |
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| depressed | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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| (adjective) lower than previously | Synonyms: down |
| (adjective) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces | - |
| deprived | (adjective) marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | Synonyms: disadvantaged |
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| deranged | (adjective) driven insane | Synonyms: crazed, half-crazed |
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| derived | (adjective) formed or developed from something else; not original | - |
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| descend | (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: fall, settle |
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| (verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, deign |
| (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, derive |
| described | (adjective) represented in words especially with sharpness and detail | - |
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| desecrated | (adjective) treated with disrespect and contempt | - |
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| desegrated | (adjective) rid of segregation; having had segregation ended | Synonyms: nonsegregated, unsegregated |
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| deserted | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: abandoned, derelict |
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| deserved | (adjective) properly deserved | Synonyms: merited |
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| desiccated | (adjective) thoroughly dried out | Synonyms: dried-out |
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| (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccate |
| (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, dried |
| designed | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | Synonyms: intentional, unintentional |
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| desired | (adjective) wanted intensely | Synonyms: craved |
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| deskbound | (adjective) restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity | Synonyms: desk-bound |
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| desmid | (noun) freshwater green algae | - |
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| despised | (adjective) treated with dislike or contempt | Synonyms: detested, hated, scorned |
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| despoiled | (adjective) having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | Synonyms: pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked |
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| despond | (verb) lose confidence or hope; become dejected | - |
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| destined | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | Synonyms: bound |
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| (adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' | Synonyms: bound |
| destroyed | (adjective) spoiled or ruined or demolished | - |
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| (adjective) destroyed physically or morally | Synonyms: ruined |
| detached | (adjective) used of buildings; standing apart from others | - |
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| (adjective) being or feeling set or kept apart from others | Synonyms: isolated, separated, set-apart |
| (adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: degage, uninvolved |
| (adjective) no longer connected or joined | Synonyms: separated |
| (adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: free |
| (adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: unaffectionate, uncaring |
| detailed | (adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail | Synonyms: elaborate, elaborated |
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| detected | (adjective) perceived or discerned | - |
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| (adjective) perceived with the mind | - |
| determined | (adjective) having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation | - |
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| (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, driven |
| (adjective) characterized by great determination | - |
| (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: dictated, set |
| (adjective) devoting full strength and concentrated attention to | - |
| detested | (adjective) treated with dislike or contempt | Synonyms: despised, hated, scorned |
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| deuced | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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| devalued | (adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, degraded |
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| developed | (adjective) being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful | - |
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| (adjective) (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads | - |
| (adjective) (used of societies) having high industrial development | Synonyms: highly-developed |
| devilwood | (noun) small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits | Synonyms: American olive, Osmanthus americanus |
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| devoid | (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, free, innocent |
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| devoted | (adjective) (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use | - |
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| (adjective) zealous in devotion or affection | - |
| diamond | (noun) the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate | Synonyms: baseball diamond, infield |
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| (noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it | - |
| (noun) the baseball playing field | Synonyms: ball field, baseball field |
| (noun) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
| (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: rhomb, rhombus |
| (noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem | Synonyms: adamant |
| diapsid | (noun) reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye | Synonyms: diapsid reptile |
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| dicamptodontid | (noun) salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year | Synonyms: dicamptodon |
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| dickeybird | (noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds | Synonyms: dickey-bird, dicky-bird, dickybird |
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| dickhead | (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
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| dickybird | (noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds | Synonyms: dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird |
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| dictated | (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: determined, set |
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