English Words Starting With D

• des res

  nounC2
  /ˌdɛz ˈrɛz/A house or flat that is attractive and in a good location (short for 'desirable residence')
• desacralize

  verb-transitiveC2 (very low frequency, specialized term)
  /diːˈseɪ.krə.laɪz/To remove the sacred or religious character from something; to treat something previously considered holy as ordinary or secular.
• desai

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdeɪ.saɪ/An Indian surname, traditionally indicating a title for village or district heads in certain regions.
• desaix de veygoux

  nounRare/Historical
  /dɛ.sɛ də ve.ɡu/The name of a historical figure, Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768-1800), a French general during the Revolutionary Wars.
• desalinate

  verbverb-transitiveC1/C2
  /diːˈsælɪneɪt/To remove salt from something, especially seawater, to make it suitable for drinking or irrigation.
• desalination

  nounC1
  /ˌdiːˌsæl.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/The process of removing salt from seawater or brackish water to produce fresh water suitable for human consumption or irrigation.
• desalinize

  verb-transitiveC2
  /ˌdiːˈsælɪnaɪz/To remove salt from something, especially from seawater to make it drinkable.
• desalivate

  verb-transitiveVery Low
  /diːˈsælɪveɪt/To stop or reduce the flow of saliva.
• desalt

  verb-transitiveC2/Rare
  /ˌdiːˈsɔːlt/To remove salt from something, especially from seawater to make it drinkable or usable.
• desaparecido

  nounLow Frequency / Context-Specific
  /dɛsəˌpærɪˈsiːdəʊ/A person who has disappeared, particularly someone who has been abducted or made to vanish, often for political reasons, whose fate is unknown.
• desargues

  nounVery Low (Technical)
  /deɪˈzɑːɡ/A proper noun referring to the French mathematician Girard Desargues and, by extension, the mathematical principles or theorems named after him.
• desargues's theorem

  nounVery Rare
  /deɪˈzɑːɡz ˈθɪərəm/A fundamental statement in projective geometry concerning the perspectivity of two triangles.
• desaturation

  nounLow
  /ˌdiːˌsætʃ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/The process or result of reducing or removing saturation; making something less intense, vivid, or concentrated.
• descale

  verbC1
  /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/To remove mineral scale or limescale from an object, typically from the interior of a kettle, boiler, coffee machine, or pipe.
• descamisado

  nounC1-C2
  /dɛskæmɪˈsɑːdəʊ/A person who is shirtless or very poor, literally 'shirtless one'; used historically and politically to refer to the working-class poor, especially in Argentina.
• descant

  adjectivenounverbverb-intransitiveLow (C2 Level Word)
  /ˈdɛskænt/A separate, independent melody sung or played above a main melody, typically in counterpoint.
• descartes

  nounC1
  /ˈdeɪkɑːt/The surname of René Descartes (1596–1650), the French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.
• descartes' law

  nounC1/C2
  /deɪˈkɑːt lɔː/A principle in physical optics, also known as the Law of Refraction, stating the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction when light passes between two media.
• descend

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /dɪˈsɛnd/To move or fall downwards from a higher to a lower position or level.
• descendant

  adjectivenounB2
  /dɪˈsɛndənt/A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor.

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