9-letter words starting with DE
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DE. This section showcases how DE at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DE, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| detective | 15 | a police officer who investigates crimes | - |
| destroyed | 14 | destroyed physically or morally | - |
| delicious | 12 | greatly pleasing or entertaining | a delicious joke |
| desperate | 12 | fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | a desperate illness |
| developed | 16 | (used of societies) having high industrial development | developed countries |
| depressed | 13 | lower than previously | the market is depressed |
| democracy | 19 | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | - |
| defendant | 14 | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | - |
| delighted | 15 | filled with wonder and delight | - |
| dedicated | 14 | solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II |
| described | 15 | represented in words especially with sharpness and detail | the vividly described wars |
| defending | 15 | attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | - |
| determine | 12 | decide upon or fix definitely | - |
| detention | 10 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | his detention was politically motivated |
| departure | 12 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | - |
| demanding | 14 | requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill | found the job very demanding |
| defensive | 16 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') | - |
| decorated | 13 | provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | - |
| deception | 14 | a misleading falsehood | - |
| dependent | 13 | held from above and hanging down | - |
| descended | 14 | - | - |
| destroyer | 13 | a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | a destroyer of the environment |
| deceiving | 16 | - | - |
| designing | 12 | concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue |
| delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
| detonator | 10 | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive | - |
| desirable | 12 | worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse | - |
| defective | 18 | having a defect | I returned the appliance because it was defective |
| decorator | 12 | someone who decorates | - |
| degrading | 13 | used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | - |
| detergent | 11 | having cleansing power | - |
| deodorant | 11 | a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | - |
| declaring | 13 | - | - |
| developer | 15 | photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film | - |
| detection | 12 | the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | - |
| devouring | 14 | (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | fierce devouring affection |
| deduction | 13 | an amount or percentage deducted | - |
| detonated | 11 | - | - |
| deceitful | 15 | intended to deceive | deceitful advertising |
| deceptive | 17 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | deceptive calm |
| denounced | 13 | - | - |
| destitute | 10 | poor enough to need help from others | - |
| detecting | 13 | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | - |
| deserving | 14 | (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | the deserving poor |
| decreased | 13 | made less in size or amount or degree | - |
| deadliest | 11 | - | - |
| depravity | 18 | a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | - |
| debutante | 12 | a young woman making her debut into society | - |
| decimated | 15 | - | - |
| deficient | 15 | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | - |
| deafening | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| declining | 13 | - | - |
| demeaning | 13 | causing awareness of your shortcomings | - |
| deviation | 13 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | the deviation from the mean |
| depiction | 14 | representation by drawing or painting etc | - |
| detailing | 11 | an individualized description of a particular instance | - |
| deformity | 18 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | - |
| designate | 11 | decree or designate beforehand | - |
| decadence | 15 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | - |
| devastate | 13 | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | - |
| decompose | 16 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | - |
| dependant | 13 | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | - |
| detriment | 12 | a damage or loss | - |
| dexterity | 20 | adroitness in using the hands | - |
| debatable | 14 | open to doubt or debate | - |
| desecrate | 12 | remove the consecration from a person or an object | - |
| deterrent | 10 | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | - |
| depicting | 15 | a representation by picture or portraiture | - |
| decidedly | 17 | without question and beyond doubt | it was decidedly too expensive |
| defeatist | 13 | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | - |
| deflected | 16 | - | - |
| desertion | 10 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | - |
| depriving | 16 | - | - |
| dentistry | 13 | the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth | - |
| deepening | 13 | accumulating and becoming more intense | the deepening gloom |
| decathlon | 15 | an athletic contest consisting of ten different events | - |
| deathtrap | 15 | any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed | - |
| debauched | 18 | unrestrained by convention or morality | Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society |
| deference | 15 | courteous regard for people's feelings | in deference to your wishes |
| depletion | 12 | the act of decreasing something markedly | - |
| demeanour | 12 | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | - |
| defecated | 16 | - | - |
| deliverer | 13 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) | - |
| desperado | 13 | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) | - |
| deciduous | 13 | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
| deferment | 15 | act of putting off to a future time | - |
| defection | 15 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | - |
| deflector | 15 | a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) | - |
| dehydrate | 17 | lose water or moisture | In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly |
| delegated | 12 | - | - |
| decalogue | 13 | the biblical commandments of Moses | - |
| defiantly | 16 | in a rebellious manner | - |
| demagogue | 14 | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices | - |
| desolated | 11 | - | - |
| despising | 13 | a feeling of scornful hatred | - |
| despotism | 14 | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | - |
| defeatism | 15 | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat | - |
| deflating | 14 | - | - |
| depleting | 13 | - | - |
| dethroned | 14 | - | - |
| devotedly | 17 | with devotion | He served his master devotedly |
| deathblow | 18 | the blow that kills (usually mercifully) | - |
| deflation | 13 | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices | - |
| demonized | 22 | - | - |
| denigrate | 11 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | - |
| derringer | 11 | a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel | - |
| deathless | 13 | never dying | - |
| deductive | 16 | involving inferences from general principles | - |
| dejection | 19 | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | - |
| demystify | 21 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from | let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about |
| dentition | 10 | the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | - |
| despoiled | 13 | having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | - |
| deviating | 14 | - | - |
| dexterous | 17 | skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | dexterous of hand and inventive of mind |
| deathlike | 17 | having the physical appearance of death | - |
| decimator | 14 | - | - |
| decoupage | 15 | art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer | - |
| delineate | 10 | show the form or outline of | - |
| delousing | 11 | - | - |
| demagogic | 16 | characteristic of or resembling a demagogue | demagogic speeches |
| deputized | 22 | - | - |
| deadening | 12 | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | - |
| deferring | 14 | - | - |
| definable | 15 | capable of being defined, limited, or explained | definable terms |
| delimited | 13 | having the limits or boundaries established | a delimited frontier through the disputed region |
| demonised | 13 | - | - |
| demurrage | 13 | a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
| deterring | 11 | - | - |
| deuterium | 12 | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) | - |
| deaconess | 12 | a woman deacon | - |
| debauchee | 17 | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | - |
| debaucher | 17 | someone who assaults others sexually | - |
| defaulter | 13 | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | - |
| deliriums | 12 | - | - |
| demimonde | 15 | a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior | - |
| denatured | 11 | changed in nature or natural quality | denatured alcohol |
| depressor | 12 | any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | - |
| descender | 13 | a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters | - |
| desultory | 13 | marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another | desultory thoughts |
| devaluate | 13 | lose in value | - |
| deviously | 16 | in a devious manner | he got the promotion by behaving deviously |
| devolving | 17 | - | - |
| deacidify | 19 | - | - |
| deaconing | 13 | - | - |
| deadbeats | 13 | - | - |
| deadbolts | 13 | - | - |
| deadeners | 11 | - | - |
| deadfalls | 14 | - | - |
| deadheads | 15 | - | - |
| deadhouse | 14 | - | - |
| deadlifts | 14 | - | - |
| deadlight | 15 | a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather | - |
| deadlined | 12 | - | - |
| deadlines | 11 | - | - |
| deadlocks | 17 | - | - |
| deadstock | 17 | - | - |
| deadwater | 14 | - | - |
| deadwoods | 15 | - | - |
| deaerated | 11 | - | - |
| deaerates | 10 | - | - |
| deaerator | 10 | - | - |
| deafblind | 16 | - | - |
| dealation | 10 | - | - |
| dealigned | 12 | - | - |
| dealmaker | 16 | - | - |
| deaminase | 12 | - | - |
| deaminate | 12 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | - |
| deaminise | 12 | - | - |
| deaminize | 21 | remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | - |
| deaneries | 10 | - | - |
| deanships | 15 | - | - |
| dearlings | 11 | - | - |
| deathbeds | 16 | - | - |
| deathcare | 15 | - | - |
| deathcups | 17 | - | - |
| deathiest | 13 | - | - |
| deathlier | 13 | - | - |
| deathsman | 15 | - | - |
| deathsmen | 15 | - | - |
| deathward | 17 | - | - |
| debagging | 15 | - | - |
| debarkers | 16 | - | - |
| debarking | 17 | - | - |
| debarment | 14 | the act of prevention by legal means | they achieved his debarment from holding public office |
| debarrass | 12 | - | - |
| debarring | 13 | - | - |
| debatably | 17 | - | - |
| debateful | 15 | - | - |
| debatings | 13 | - | - |
| debauches | 17 | - | - |
| debeaking | 17 | - | - |
| debearded | 14 | - | - |
| debelling | 13 | - | - |
| debenture | 12 | the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | - |
| debonaire | 12 | having a sophisticated charm | - |
| deboshing | 16 | - | - |
| debossing | 13 | - | - |
| debouched | 18 | - | - |
| debouches | 17 | - | - |
| debriding | 14 | - | - |
| debriefed | 16 | - | - |
| debriefer | 15 | - | - |
| debruised | 13 | - | - |
| debruises | 12 | - | - |
| debudding | 15 | - | - |
| debuggers | 14 | - | - |
| debugging | 15 | - | - |
| debunkers | 16 | - | - |
| debunking | 17 | the exposure of falseness or pretensions | the debunking of religion has been too successful |
| deburring | 13 | - | - |
| debussing | 13 | - | - |
| debutants | 12 | - | - |
| decachord | 18 | - | - |
| decadency | 18 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | - |
| decadents | 13 | - | - |
| decagonal | 13 | - | - |
| decagrams | 15 | - | - |
| decahedra | 16 | - | - |
| decalcify | 20 | lose calcium or calcium compounds | - |
| decaliter | 12 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
| decalitre | 12 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
| decalling | 13 | - | - |
| decameter | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
| decametre | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
| decamping | 17 | - | - |
| decanally | 15 | - | - |
| decantate | 12 | - | - |
| decanters | 12 | - | - |
| decanting | 13 | - | - |
| decapodal | 15 | - | - |
| decapodan | 15 | - | - |
| decarbing | 15 | - | - |
| decastere | 12 | - | - |
| decastich | 17 | - | - |
| decastyle | 15 | - | - |
| decaudate | 13 | - | - |
| decayable | 17 | liable to decay or spoil or become putrid | - |
| decayless | 15 | - | - |
| deceaseds | 13 | - | - |
| deceasing | 13 | - | - |
| decedents | 13 | - | - |
| deceivers | 15 | - | - |
| deceleron | 12 | - | - |
| decemviri | 17 | - | - |
| decemvirs | 17 | - | - |
| decencies | 14 | - | - |
| decennary | 15 | a period of 10 years | - |
| decennial | 12 | - | - |
| decennium | 14 | a period of 10 years | - |
| decenters | 12 | - | - |
| decentest | 12 | - | - |
| decentred | 13 | - | - |
| decentres | 12 | - | - |
| deceptory | 17 | - | - |
| decerning | 13 | - | - |
| decertify | 18 | cause to be no longer approved or accepted | - |
| decession | 12 | - | - |
| decheance | 17 | - | - |
| decidable | 15 | - | - |
| deciduate | 13 | - | - |
| decigrams | 15 | - | - |
| deciliter | 12 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | - |
| decilitre | 12 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | - |
| decillion | 12 | - | - |
| decimally | 17 | - | - |
| decimates | 14 | - | - |
| decimeter | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter | - |
| decimetre | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter | - |
| deciphers | 17 | - | - |
| decisions | 12 | - | - |
| decistere | 12 | - | - |
| deckchair | 21 | - | - |
| deckhands | 20 | - | - |
| deckhouse | 19 | - | - |
| declaimed | 15 | - | - |
| declaimer | 14 | - | - |
| declarant | 12 | - | - |
| declarers | 12 | - | - |
| declassed | 13 | - | - |
| declassee | 12 | - | - |
| declasses | 12 | - | - |
| declawing | 16 | - | - |
| declinals | 12 | - | - |
| declinant | 12 | - | - |
| declinate | 12 | - | - |
| decliners | 12 | - | - |
| declinist | 12 | - | - |
| declivity | 18 | a downward slope or bend | - |
| declivous | 15 | - | - |
| declutter | 12 | - | - |
| decocting | 15 | - | - |
| decoction | 14 | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling | - |
| decoctive | 17 | - | - |
| decocture | 14 | - | - |
| decodable | 15 | - | - |
| decodings | 14 | - | - |
| decoherer | 15 | - | - |
| decollate | 12 | cut the head of | - |
| decollete | 12 | (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline | - |
| decolored | 13 | - | - |
| decolours | 12 | - | - |
| decommits | 16 | - | - |
| decomplex | 23 | - | - |
| decongest | 13 | - | - |
| decontrol | 12 | relax or remove controls of | decontrol marijuana |
| decorates | 12 | - | - |
| decoupled | 15 | - | - |
| decoupler | 14 | - | - |
| decouples | 14 | - | - |
| decreases | 12 | - | - |
| decreeing | 13 | - | - |
| decrement | 14 | a process of becoming smaller or shorter | - |
| decretals | 12 | - | - |
| decretist | 12 | - | - |
| decretive | 15 | - | - |
| decretory | 15 | - | - |
| decrewing | 16 | - | - |
| decrowned | 16 | - | - |
| decrypted | 18 | - | - |
| decubital | 14 | - | - |
| decubitus | 14 | a reclining position (as in a bed) | - |
| decumbent | 16 | lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | - |
| decupling | 15 | - | - |
| decurions | 12 | - | - |
| decurrent | 12 | - | - |
| decursion | 12 | - | - |
| decursive | 15 | - | - |
| decurving | 16 | - | - |
| decussate | 12 | crossed or intersected in the form of an X | - |
| dedendums | 14 | - | - |
| dedicants | 13 | - | - |
| dedicatee | 13 | - | - |
| dedicates | 13 | - | - |
| dedicator | 13 | - | - |
| dedimuses | 13 | - | - |
| deducible | 15 | capable of being deduced | - |
| deducibly | 18 | - | - |
| deducting | 14 | - | - |
| deejaying | 21 | - | - |
| deemsters | 12 | - | - |
| deepeners | 12 | - | - |
| deepfroze | 24 | - | - |
| deepwater | 15 | - | - |
| deerberry | 15 | small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer | - |
| deerflies | 13 | - | - |
| deergrass | 11 | - | - |
| deerhorns | 13 | - | - |
| deerhound | 14 | very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland | - |
| deerskins | 14 | - | - |
| deerweeds | 14 | - | - |
| deeryards | 14 | - | - |
| defaecate | 15 | - | - |
| defalcate | 15 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | - |
| defamings | 16 | - | - |
| defanging | 15 | - | - |
| defatting | 14 | - | - |
| defaulted | 14 | - | - |
| defeaters | 13 | - | - |
| defeating | 14 | - | - |
| defeature | 13 | - | - |
| defecates | 15 | - | - |
| defecator | 15 | a person who defecates | - |
| defecting | 16 | - | - |
| defectors | 15 | - | - |
| defencing | 16 | - | - |
| defenders | 14 | - | - |
| defensing | 14 | - | - |
| deferable | 15 | - | - |
| deferents | 13 | - | - |
| deferrals | 13 | - | - |
| deferrers | 13 | - | - |
| defiances | 15 | - | - |
| defiladed | 15 | - | - |
| defilades | 14 | - | - |
| definably | 18 | - | - |
| definiens | 13 | - | - |
| definites | 13 | - | - |
| deflaters | 13 | - | - |
| deflators | 13 | - | - |
| defleaing | 14 | - | - |
| deflexing | 21 | - | - |
| deflexion | 20 | the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | - |
| deflexure | 20 | - | - |
| deflorate | 13 | - | - |
| deflowers | 16 | - | - |
| defluxion | 20 | - | - |
| defoamers | 15 | - | - |
| defoaming | 16 | - | - |
| defocused | 16 | - | - |
| defocuses | 15 | - | - |
| defoggers | 15 | - | - |
| defogging | 16 | - | - |
| defoliant | 13 | a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off | - |
| defoliate | 13 | deprived of leaves | - |
| deforcers | 15 | - | - |
| deforcing | 16 | - | - |
| deforests | 13 | - | - |
| deformers | 15 | - | - |
| deforming | 16 | - | - |
| defouling | 14 | - | - |
| defragged | 16 | - | - |
| defragger | 15 | - | - |
| defrauded | 15 | - | - |
| defrauder | 14 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | - |
| defrayals | 16 | - | - |
| defrayers | 16 | - | - |
| defraying | 17 | - | - |
| defreezes | 22 | - | - |
| defriends | 14 | - | - |
| defrocked | 20 | - | - |
| defrosted | 14 | - | - |
| defroster | 13 | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) | - |
| defueling | 14 | - | - |
| defuelled | 14 | - | - |
| defunding | 15 | - | - |
| degarnish | 14 | - | - |
| degassers | 11 | - | - |
| degassing | 12 | - | - |
| degaussed | 12 | - | - |
| degausser | 11 | - | - |
| degausses | 11 | - | - |
| degearing | 12 | - | - |
| degenders | 12 | - | - |
| degerming | 14 | - | - |
| deglazing | 21 | - | - |
| degouting | 12 | - | - |
| degraders | 12 | - | - |
| degreased | 12 | - | - |
| degreaser | 11 | - | - |
| degreases | 11 | - | - |
| degumming | 16 | - | - |
| degustate | 11 | - | - |
| degusting | 12 | - | - |
| dehairing | 14 | - | - |
| dehiscent | 15 | (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds | - |
| dehiscing | 16 | - | - |
| dehorners | 13 | - | - |
| dehorning | 14 | - | - |
| dehorters | 13 | - | - |
| dehorting | 14 | - | - |
| deindexed | 19 | - | - |
| deindexes | 18 | - | - |
| deinosaur | 10 | - | - |
| deionised | 11 | - | - |
| deioniser | 10 | - | - |
| deionises | 10 | - | - |
| deionized | 20 | - | - |
| deionizer | 19 | - | - |
| deionizes | 19 | - | - |
| deiparous | 12 | - | - |
| deisheals | 13 | - | - |
| deistical | 12 | - | - |
| dejecting | 20 | - | - |
| dejectory | 22 | - | - |
| dejeuners | 17 | - | - |
| dekagrams | 17 | - | - |
| dekaliter | 14 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
| dekalitre | 14 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
| dekameter | 16 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
| dekametre | 16 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
| delapsing | 13 | - | - |
| delapsion | 12 | - | - |
| delations | 10 | - | - |
| delayable | 15 | - | - |
| deleading | 12 | - | - |
| deleaving | 14 | - | - |
| delectate | 12 | - | - |
| delegable | 13 | - | - |
| delegatee | 11 | - | - |
| delegates | 11 | - | - |
| delegator | 11 | - | - |
| deletable | 12 | - | - |
| deletions | 10 | - | - |
| delftware | 16 | - | - |
| delibated | 13 | - | - |
| delibates | 12 | - | - |
| delicates | 12 | - | - |
| delighter | 14 | - | - |
| delimiter | 12 | - | - |
| delinking | 15 | - | - |
| deliquium | 21 | a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | - |
| deliriant | 10 | - | - |
| delisting | 11 | - | - |
| delivered | 14 | - | - |
| deliverly | 16 | - | - |
| delousers | 10 | - | - |
| delphinia | 15 | - | - |
| deltoidei | 11 | - | - |
| delubrums | 14 | - | - |
| deludable | 13 | - | - |
| delundung | 12 | - | - |
| delusions | 10 | - | - |
| delusters | 10 | - | - |
| delustred | 11 | - | - |
| delustres | 10 | - | - |
| demagoged | 15 | - | - |
| demandant | 13 | - | - |
| demanders | 13 | - | - |
| demanning | 13 | - | - |
| demantoid | 13 | a green andradite used as a gemstone | - |
