| deice | (verb) make or become free of frost or ice | Synonyms: de-ice, defrost |
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| deicer | (noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) | Synonyms: defroster |
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| deictic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use | - |
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| (noun) a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs | Synonyms: deictic word |
| deific | (adjective) characterized by divine or godlike nature | - |
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| deification | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | Synonyms: apotheosis, exaltation |
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| (noun) an embodiment of the qualities of a god | - |
| (noun) the condition of being treated like a god | - |
| deify | (verb) exalt to the position of a God | - |
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| (verb) consider as a god or godlike | - |
| deign | (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, descend |
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| deinocheirus | (noun) lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck | - |
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| deinonychus | (noun) swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous | - |
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| deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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| deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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| deism | (noun) the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation | Synonyms: free thought |
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| deist | (adjective) of or relating to deism | Synonyms: deistic |
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| (noun) a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it | - |
| deistic | (adjective) of or relating to deism | Synonyms: deist |
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| deity | (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: divinity, god, immortal |
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| deixis | (noun) the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs | - |
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