11-Letter Words Starting with D

All 357 eleven-letter words that start with D

DA

• dacarbazine25n. An antineoplastic drug used in chemotherapy.
• dangerously16adv. In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.
• dauphinoise17n. A dish of sliced potatoes baked in milk, cream and cheese.
• daydreaming19n. An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.

DE

• deaccession16v. To officially remove an object from a ledger of a museum, art gallery...
• deacetylase17n. Any of several classes of enzyme that remove acetyl groups from...
• deadheading18n. The removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the...
• deafeningly19adv. In a deafening manner.
• deamination14n. The removal of an amino group from a compound.
• debarkation18n. Disembarkation.
• debilitated15adj. Weakened.
• debridement17n. The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing...
• decalcified20adj. From which calcareous matter has been removed.
• decantation14n. The act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment.
• decapitated17adj. With the head removed.
• decapitator16n. One who decapitates.
• decarbonize25v. To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
• deceitfully20adv. In a deceitful manner.
• deceivingly21adv. In a deceiving manner.
• decelerator14n. Someone or something that decelerates.
• deceptively22adv. In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
• decerebrate16adj. Having the cerebrum removed.
• deciphering20n. Decipherment.
• declamation16n. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in...
• declamatory19adj. Having the quality of a declamation.
• declaration14n. An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by...
• declarative17adj. Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
• declaratory17adj. Serving to declare or explain.
• declination14n. At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
• decoherence19n. Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of...
• deconstruct16v. To break something down into its component parts.
• decorticate16v. To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
• decrepitude17n. The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.
• decrescendo17n. An instruction to play gradually more softly.
• decussation14n. A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
• dedicatedly19adv. In a dedicated manner.
• deductively21adv. In a deductive manner; by using deduction.
• deerstalker16n. One who takes part in deer stalking.
• defectively23adv. In a defective manner.
• defenceless17adj. Without defence; undefended.
• defenseless15adj. Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
• defensively21adv. In a defensive manner.
• deferential15adj. Respectful and considerate; showing deference.
• defloration15n. The act of deflowering.
• deflowering19n. The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
• defoliation15n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or...
• deformation17n. Physically so.
• degradation14n. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a...
• degradative17adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.
• degredation14n. A lowering of a surface by erosion or weathering.
• degustation13n. Tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation.
• dehydratase19n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the elements of water from a...
• dehydrating20adj. That dehydrates.
• dehydration19n. The act or process of removing water from something.
• deification17n. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
• deinococcus18n. Any bacterium of the genus Deinococcus.
• deinonychus20n. A medium agile dinosaur, of the genus Deinonychus, of the Cretaceous...
• delaminated15adj. Whose laminations have been removed.
• delectation14n. Great pleasure; delight.
• deleterious12adj. Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
• deliciously17adv. In a delicious manner.
• delightedly20adv. In a delighted manner.
• delightsome18adj. Characterised or marked by delight or delightfulness; very pleasing...
• delineation12n. The act of delineating; depiction.
• delinquency26n. Misconduct.
• deliriously15adv. In a delirious manner, or to the point of delirium.
• deliverable17adj. Able to be delivered.
• deliverance17n. The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment...
• deliveryman20n. Someone employed to make deliveries.
• delocalized24adj. Describing the π-electrons in a conjugated, aromatic or mesoionic...
• delusionary15adj. Delusional.
• demagnetize24v. To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
• demagoguery19n. The actions of a demagogue.
• demarcation16n. The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by...
• demethylase20n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a methyl group from a compound.
• democratize25v. To make democratic.
• demodulator15n. Any device that demodulates a signal.
• demographer20n. A person who studies demography.
• demographic22adj. Of or pertaining to demography.
• demonically19adv. In a demonic way.
• demonstrate14v. To show how to use (something).
• demoralized24adj. Disheartened.
• demotivated18adj. Deprived of or showing a decrease in motivation.
• demountable16adj. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.
• denervation15n. The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by...
• deniability17n. The condition of being deniable.
• denigration13n. The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
• denominator14n. The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as...
• denticulate14adj. Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.
• dentigerous13adj. Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from...
• dentofacial17adj. Relating to the branch of dentistry that is also concerned with the...
• deoxycholic29adj. Of or pertaining to deoxycholic acid or its derivatives.
• deoxyribose24n. A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH)...
• dependently18adv. In a dependent manner.
• deportation14n. The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported...
• depravation17n. Detraction; depreciation.
• deprecating17adj. In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
• deprecation16n. The act of deprecating.
• deprecatory19adj. Apologetic.
• depreciable18adj. Able to be depreciated.
• depredation15n. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock)...
• deprivation17n. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
• deracinated15adj. Uprooted; having lost one's homeland.
• derangement15n. The property of being deranged.
• dereference17v. To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by...
• deregulated14adj. No longer regulated: now unrestricted.
• dereliction14n. Willful neglect of one's duty.
• derivatized25adj. Modified by the formation of a derivative.
• dermatology18n. The study of the skin and its diseases.
• deschooling18n. The process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life...
• descrambler18n. Something that descrambles; a device for decoding a scrambled signal.
• describable18adj. Capable of being described.
• description16n. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or...
• descriptive19adj. Of, relating to, or providing a description.
• desecration14n. An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
• desegregate14v. To end the segregation of (something).
• deselection14n. The process or act of deselecting.
• desensitize21v. To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or...
• deserialize21v. To parse (serialized data) so as to reconstruct the original object.
• deservingly19adv. In a deserving manner.
• desiccation16n. The state or process of being desiccated.
• desideratum15n. Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly...
• designation13n. An act or instance of designating.
• desipramine16n. A tricyclic antidepressant C₁₈H₂₂N₂.
• desperately17adv. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
• desperation14n. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
• despondence17n. The state of being downcast or despondent.
• despondency20n. The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
• destabilise14v. To make something unstable.
• destabilize23v. To make something unstable.
• destination12n. The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent...
• destitution12n. The condition of lacking something.
• destressing13n. The process of removing stress from a material.
• destruction14n. The act of destroying.
• destructive17adj. Causing destruction; damaging.
• desultorily15adv. In a desultory fashion.
• detectorist14n. A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for...
• deteriorate12v. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
• determinacy19n. The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality...
• determinant14n. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of...
• determinate14adj. Distinct, clearly defined.
• determining15adj. Determinative; causal.
• determinism16n. The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and...
• determinist14n. An advocate of determinism.
• detestation12n. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
• detrimental14adj. Causing damage or harm.
• devaluation15n. The removal or lessening of something's value.
• devastating16adj. Causing devastation.
• devastation15n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying...
• developable19adj. Suitable for development, often specifically for construction.
• development19n. The process of developing; growth, directed change.
• deviousness15n. The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
• devotedness16n. State of being devoted.
• dexterously22adv. In a dexterous manner; skillfully; with precision.

DI

• diacritical16adj. Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
• diagnosable15adj. Able to be diagnosed; having a cause which can be determined.
• diagnostics15n. Diagnostic methods considered collectively.
• dialectical16adj. Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned...
• diamagnetic17adj. Exhibiting diamagnetism; repelled by a magnet.
• diametrical16adj. Of or pertaining to a diagonal or diameter.
• diamondback23n. Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the...
• diamorphine19n. Synonym of heroin.
• dianhydride20n. Any compound containing two anhydride groups.
• diaphoresis17n. The formation and excretion of sweat.
• diaphoretic19adj. Generating sweat or perspiration.
• diatessaron12n. A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New...
• dichotomous19adj. Dividing or branching into two mutually exclusive pieces.
• dichromatic21adj. Having two colors.
• dictatorial14adj. Of or pertaining to a dictator.
• didacticism19n. An artistic philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative...
• differentia18n. A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members...
• differently21adv. In a different way.
• difficultly23adv. With difficulty; not easily.
• diffidently22adv. In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself.
• diffraction20n. The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
• diffractive23adj. Having the ability to diffract light.
• diffusional18adj. Of or pertaining to diffusion.
• diffusivity24n. A tendency to diffuse.
• digitigrade15adj. Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body...
• diisopropyl19adj. Having two isopropyl groups.
• dilapidated16adj. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially...
• dimensional14adj. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
• dimensioned15adj. Possessing dimension, non-dimensionless, dimensionful.
• dimethicone19n. Polydimethylsiloxane.
• diminishing18adj. Becoming smaller.
• dingleberry18n. Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry.
• dinosaurian12adj. Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur.
• dioxygenase23n. Any of several enzymes that catalyze dioxygenation reactions.
• diphosphate22n. Any salt or ester containing two phosphate groups.
• diphthongal21adj. Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
• diplomatics18n. The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official...
• diplomatist16n. Synonym of diplomat.
• dipotassium16n. Two atoms of potassium in a compound.
• dipsomaniac18n. One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
• dipterocarp18n. Any member of the family Dipterocarpaceae of tropical rainforest trees...
• directional14adj. Indicating direction.
• directivity20n. A measure of the performance of an antenna compared to an isotropic...
• directorate14n. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major...
• directorial14adj. Of or pertaining to a director.
• dirofilaria15n. Any nematode of the genus Dirofilaria.
• disablement16n. The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.
• disaffected21adj. Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect.
• disagreeing14n. Disagreement.
• disappeared17adj. Caused to disappear by someone, often for political reasons.
• disapproval19n. The act of disapproving; condemnation.
• disarmament16n. The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of...
• disarmingly18adv. In a disarming manner.
• disassemble16v. To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
• disassembly19n. The process of disassembling.
• disbandment17n. The act of disbanding.
• disbelieved18adj. Not believed; discounted; ignored.
• disbeliever17n. One who disbelieves; one who does not believe.
• discernible16adj. Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or...
• discernibly19adv. In a discernible manner.
• discernment16n. The act of distinguishing between things.
• discharging19n. The act or process by which something is discharged.
• disciplined17adj. Possessing mental discipline.
• disclosable16adj. Able to be disclosed.
• discography23n. A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release...
• discoloring15n. Discoloration.
• discoloured15adj. UK standard spelling of discolored.
• discontinue14v. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as...
• discordance17n. A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
• discotheque26n. A nightclub where dancing takes place.
• discounting15n. The act or process of dismissing from consideration.
• discouraged16adj. Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
• discoursing15n. Conversation.
• discourtesy17n. Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
• discovering18n. A discovery.
• discredited16adj. Considered invalid, unreliable, or untrustworthy.
• discrepancy21n. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
• discretized24adj. Subjected to discretization.
• disembodied18adj. Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
• disengaging15adj. That causes one to lose commitment and interest; alienating.
• disentangle13v. To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
• disfavoured19adj. Not favoured.
• disgraceful18adj. Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
• disgruntled14adj. In a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill...
• disgustedly17adv. In a disgusted manner.
• disharmonic19adj. Not harmonic.
• dishevelled19adj. Of a person, with the hair uncombed.
• dishonestly18adv. In a dishonest manner.
• dishonoured16adj. Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonour.
• dishwashing22n. The act of cleaning the dishware.
• disillusion12v. To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
• disinclined15adj. Not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling, reluctant.
• disinterest12n. An absence of interest (attention or curiosity).
• disinviting16adj. Synonym of uninviting (“not inviting, not attractive, not welcoming”).
• disjunction21n. The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
• disjunctive24adj. Not connected; separated.
• disjuncture21n. A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
• dislocation14n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
• dismantling15n. The act by which something is dismantled.
• dismembered19adj. From which the limbs have been removed.
• dismissible16adj. That may be dismissed.
• dismounting15n. The act of one who dismounts.
• disobedient15adj. Not obedient.
• disobliging16adj. Not obliging; not making an effort to respect the needs and wishes of...
• disordering14n. The removal of order.
• disorganize22v. To make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
• disparaging16adj. Insulting, ridiculing.
• disparately17adv. In a disparate manner.
• dispatching20n. The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
• dispensable16adj. Able to be done without; easily replaced.
• dispersible16adj. Capable of being dispersed, or of forming a dispersion.
• dispiriting15adj. Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive.
• displayable19adj. Capable of being displayed.
• displeasing15adj. Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.
• displeasure14n. A feeling of being displeased with something or someone...
• disposition14n. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
• dispositive17adj. Intending to, resulting in, or capable of disposition (disposing...
• disputation14n. The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
• disquieting22adj. Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
• disquietude22n. A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
• disregarded15adj. Ignored.
• dissembling17n. The action of the verb dissemble.
• disseminate14v. To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete...
• dissimulate14v. To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a...
• dissipation14n. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or...
• dissipative17adj. That dissipates, or causes dissipation.
• dissociable16adj. Able to be dissociated, divided or separated.
• dissolution12n. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly...
• dissolvable17adj. Capable of being dissolved.
• distasteful15adj. Having a bad or foul taste.
• distempered17adj. Affected with or suffering from distemper.
• distensible14adj. Capable of swelling or stretching.
• distinction14n. That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor...
• distinctive17adj. Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
• distinguish16v. To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its...
• distracting15adj. Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or...
• distraction14n. Something that distracts.
• distractive17adj. Causing distraction.
• distressful15adj. Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing.
• distressing13adj. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.
• distributed15adj. Spread across a relatively wide area.
• distributee14n. One who receives a share of something that is distributed.
• distributor14n. One who or that which distributes.
• distrustful15adj. Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious...
• distrusting13adj. Inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious.
• disturbance16n. The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
• dithyrambic24adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate...
• divergently19adv. In a divergent manner.
• diversified19adj. Employing the use of diversification; deliberately using a variety of...
• divestiture15n. The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a...
• divisionism17n. The use of small areas of color to construct an image, based on...
• divorcement19n. Complete detachment or disunion.

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• doctrinaire14n. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of...
• doctrinally17adv. In a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine.
• documentary19adj. Of, related to, or based on documents.
• dogfighting21n. A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
• dolomitized24adj. Modified by dolomitization.
• domesticate16v. To make domestic.
• domesticity19n. Life at home; homelife.
• domiciliary19n. A person who legally resides in a particular place.
• domineering15adj. Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
• dominionism16n. A tendency among some conservative Christians, especially in the USA...
• dominionist14n. A supporter of dominionism.
• domperidone17n. An antidopaminergic drug used to suppress nausea and vomiting.
• dorsomedial15adj. Both dorsal and medial in location; thus, central and toward the back.
• doublespeak20n. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual...
• doublethink21n. The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind...
• doubtlessly17adv. Without question; indubitably.
• dovetailing16n. The situation in which things are dovetailed.
• downgrading18n. A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
• downhearted19adj. Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope.
• downloading17n. The process by which something is downloaded.
• downplaying21n. The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less...
• downscaling18n. The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or...
• downtrodden17adj. Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
• downwelling19n. The sinking of a higher-density medium through a lower-density one.
• doxorubicin23n. An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad...
• doxycycline29n. A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which...

DR

• dracunculus16n. A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.
• dragonrider14n. One who rides a dragon.
• dragonstone13n. A stone or gem having magical powers in relation to dragons.
• drastically17adv. To a drastic degree.
• draughtsman18n. A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
• dreadlocked20adj. Wearing dreadlocks.
• dreadnought17n. A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the...
• dressmaking19n. The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses...
• drillmaster14n. One who trains others in something.
• drivability20n. The quality of being drivable, of being easy or pleasant to drive.
• drunkenness16n. A state of being drunk.

DU

• dubiousness14n. The state of being dubious or suspicious.
• dumbfounded21adj. Shocked and speechless.
• duplication16n. The act of duplicating.
• duplicative19adj. Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
• duplicitous16adj. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
• dutasteride13n. A synthetic drug C₂₇H₃₀F₆N₂O₂ that inhibits 5-alpha-reductase to...

DY

• dynamically22adv. In a dynamic way: variably, changingly.
• dynamometer19n. Any of various devices used to measure mechanical power, force, or...
• dyscalculia19n. A learning disability characterized by significantly below average...
• dysfunction20n. A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers...
• dysmotility20n. Abnormal motility, especially of the muscles in the gastrointestinal...
• dyspareunia17n. Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
• dysreflexia25n. The condition of having overresponsive or underresponsive reflexes.
• dysrhythmia26n. A disturbance to an otherwise normal biological rhythm, especially that...

Questions about these words

How many eleven-letter words that start with D are there?

Word.ws lists 357 eleven-letter words that start with D, plus 2,039 rare ones.

What are common eleven-letter words that start with D?

development, description, destruction, distributed, documentary, disappeared, destination and differently.

Which of the eleven-letter words that start with D has the highest letter score?

doxycycline scores 29 points with the standard letter tile values.

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