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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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A1A2A2+B1B1+B2B2+C1C2
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35 words

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  • dampen/ˈdæmpən/verbC22 meaningsTo make slightly wet.
  • dandle/ˈdændəl/verbC2To bounce a small child gently on your knee.
  • deaden/ˈdɛdən/verbC2To take the life out of a sound or a feeling so that it is barely heard or felt.
  • decry/dɪˈkɹaɪ/verbC2To condemn something openly.
  • defile/dɪˈfaɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo make something sacred or clean unfit.
  • deflower/diˈflaʊ.ɚ/
verbC2
To take a woman's virginity, in old use.
  • defray/dɪˈfɹeɪ/verbC2To pay part or all of a cost.
  • deign/deɪn/verbC2To do something you consider beneath you.
  • deject/dɪˈdʒɛkt/verbC2To lower somebody's spirits.
  • delineate/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/verbC2To describe or mark out the shape of something exactly.
  • demobiliseverbC2To release troops from service after a war.
  • demur/dɪˈmɜː/verbC2To raise an objection, mildly and politely.
  • demystify/diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/verbC2To strip the mystery from a subject and make it plain.
  • denote/dɪˈnəʊt/verbC2To be the sign or name for something.
  • depose/dɪˈpəʊz/verbC12 meaningsTo remove a ruler or leader from power.
  • deprecate/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/verbC2To express disapproval of something.
  • derange/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To drive somebody out of their right mind.
  • descaleverbC2To remove the hard chalky deposit left by water.
  • descry/dɪˈskɹaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something far off.
  • despoil/dɪˈspɔɪl/verbC2To strip a place of its goods by force.
  • detract/dɪˈtɹækt/verbC2To take away from the worth or effect of something.
  • devise/dɪˈvaɪz/verbC12 meaningsTo invent a clever plan or method.
  • diffuse/dɪˈfjuːz/verbC23 meaningsTo spread out in all directions and become less concentrated.
  • disabuse/dɪsəˈbjuːz/verbC2To rid somebody of a mistaken belief.
  • discomfit/dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/verbC2To make somebody uneasy and put out.
  • dismember/ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/verbC12 meaningsTo cut a body into pieces.
  • disparage/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/verbC2To speak of somebody as if they were worth little.
  • dissemble/dɪˈsɛmbəl/verbC2To hide your true feelings behind a false show.
  • disseminate/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/verbC2To spread information widely.
  • dissimulate/dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/verbC2To hide your real feelings by pretence.
  • dissolve/dɪˈzɒlv/verbC14 meaningsTo mix into a liquid until it becomes part of it and can no longer be seen.
  • distend/dɪˈstɛnd/verbC2To swell out from inside pressure.
  • divert/daɪˈvɜːt/verbC14 meaningsTo change the course or direction of something.
  • doff/dɒf/verbC2To take off a hat or a garment.
  • dub/dʌb/verbC13 meaningsTo replace the original speech in a film with another language.