7-Letter Words Starting with D

All 536 seven-letter words that start with D: page 1 of 2

DA

• daalder9n. A historic unit of currency of the Netherlands, equivalent to...
• dabbing13n. The act by which something is dabbed.
• dabbled13adj. Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants); dappled.
• dabbler12n. One who dabbles.
• dacitic12adj. Pertaining to, or composed of, dacite.
• dacoity13n. Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
• dadaism11n. The cultural movement of Dada.
• dagwood13n. A large thick multi-layered sandwich containing cold cuts, cheese...
• dahling12n. Darling (imitating a posh or pretentious person).
• daifuku15n. A Japanese dessert consisting of a large mochi stuffed with red bean...
• dailies8n. Lightly edited versions of the previous day's filming; rushes.
• daleman10n. Synonym of dalesman.
• damaged12adj. That has suffered damage.
• damages11n. The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in...
• damiana10n. Turnera diffusa, an American passifloraceous shrub used in making a...
• damming13n. The installation of a dam (structure to block flow).
• damning11adj. Condemning; (often) sufficient to defeat a political or commercial...
• damping13n. A dampening; a making wet.
• danazol17n. A derivative of the synthetic steroid ethisterone that inhibits the...
• dancing11n. The activity of taking part in a dance.
• dandiya12n. A stick, representing a sword, used in the dandiya raas dance.
• dangdut10n. A genre of Indonesian music that combines elements of Arab and Malay...
• dangler9n. A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.
• danseur8n. A male ballet dancer.
• dantian8n. Any of various focal points within the body for the flow of chi energy.
• daphnia13n. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.
• dappled13adj. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
• dapsone10n. A bacteriostatic antimicrobial agent 4-[(4-aminobenzene)sulfonyl]aniline...
• darbari10n. One who attends a darbar.
• darbuka14n. A type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa.
• daresay11v. Chiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker...
• darkish15adj. Somewhat dark.
• darling9n. Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very...
• darning9n. A repair made by darning.
• darsana8n. A philosophy, worldview.
• darshan11n. Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as...
• darting9adj. Characterized by sudden, quick movements.
• dashcam15n. A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or...
• dasheen11n. Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.
• dashiki15n. A loose and brightly-colored African shirt.
• dashing12adj. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
• dashpot13n. A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a...
• dastard9n. A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
• datacom12n. Data communications.
• datalog9n. A set of data collected from a single source.
• datapad11n. A small handheld device used to gather, send, or process data.
• daubing11n. Something daubed, such as graffiti.
• daunted9adj. . Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
• dauphin13n. The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon...
• dawning12n. Dawn.
• daybook17n. A daily chronicle; a diary.
• daycare13n. Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.
• dayglow15n. The airglow of the sky during the day.
• daylily14n. Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have...
• daylong12adj. Which lasts a day, or approximately so.
• daymare13n. A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a...
• daymark17n. A mark (such as a tower) designed to help navigators to find their way...
• daypack19n. A small backpack, suitable for a one-day hike or for carrying books...
• daypart13n. A part of the day in which a particular type of radio or television...
• dayroom13n. A common room in a residential total institution such as barracks...
• dayside12n. The side of a planet or other body that faces towards the sun or star...
• daystar11n. The planet Venus as the morning star.
• daytime13n. The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
• daywear14n. Clothes to be worn in the daytime.
• dazedly21adv. In a dazed manner.
• dazzled27adj. Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance.
• dazzler26n. One who or that which dazzles; something spectacular.

DE

• deadass9adj. Having very little activity; dead.
• deadeye12adj. Very accurate in shooting or throwing.
• deadman11n. A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for...
• deadpan11adj. Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
• dealing9n. A business transaction.
• deanery11n. The position held by a dean.
• dearest8n. A beloved person; a term of endearment.
• deathly14adj. Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.
• debacle12n. An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with...
• debased11adj. Brought low; degraded.
• debaser10n. One who, or that which, debases.
• debated11adj. Disputed, under discussion, not settled.
• debater10n. One who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.
• debauch15n. An individual act of debauchery.
• deboard11v. To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane...
• deboned11adj. Having had its bones removed.
• debride11v. To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).
• debrief13v. To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain...
• decadal11adj. Of or related to the number ten.
• decagon11n. A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
• decanal10adj. Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
• decapod13adj. Having ten legs.
• decayed14adj. Having undergone decay, rotted.
• decease10n. Death, departure from life.
• deceive13v. To trick or mislead.
• decency15n. The quality of being decent; propriety.
• decibel12n. A common measure of intensity ratio (e.g. for sound) that is one tenth...
• decided12adj. Determined; resolute.
• decider11n. A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
• decidua11n. A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation...
• decimal12adj. Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations...
• decking15n. The material from which a deck is made.
• decklid15n. An auto body panel that is the cover over the trunk (boot) of a motor...
• declaim12v. To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical...
• declare10v. To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
• decline10n. Downward movement, fall.
• decloak14v. To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
• decoder11n. A person who decodes secret messages.
• decorum12n. Appropriate social behavior.
• decrypt15v. To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
• deeming11n. The act or process of judging or of forming an opinion; judgment...
• defamed14adj. Shown rampant without its tail.
• defamer13n. One who defames.
• default11n. The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
• defence13n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
• defense11n. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
• defiant11adj. Defying.
• deficit13n. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
• defiled12adj. Impure; dirty.
• defiler11n. One who defiles.
• defined12adj. Having a definition or value.
• definer11n. One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
• deflate11v. To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g....
• deflect13v. To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
• defocus13v. To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of...
• defraud12v. To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
• defrock17v. To divest of a frock.
• defrost11v. To remove frost from.
• defunct13adj. No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
• defuser11n. One who, or that which, defuses.
• defying15adj. Defiant.
• deglaze18v. To remove glaze from.
• degrade10v. To lower in value or social position.
• degreed10adj. Having an academic degree.
• dehisce13v. To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or...
• deicide11n. The killing of a deity; godslaughter.
• deicing11n. The removal of ice.
• deictic12adj. Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on...
• deistic10adj. Of or relating to deism.
• delaine8n. A kind of mixed fabric previously used to make women's dresses.
• delayed12adj. Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
• delayer11n. One who delays.
• delenda9n. Things to be deleted or removed.
• deleted9adj. Having been deleted or eliminated; absent from the final version.
• deleter8n. One who, or that which, deletes.
• delight12n. Joy; pleasure.
• delimit10v. To mark or fix the limits of.
• deliver11v. To set free from restraint or danger.
• delouse8v. To remove lice from.
• delphic15adj. Relating to a womb.
• deltaic10adj. Of or pertaining to a river delta.
• deltoid9n. The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
• deluded10adj. Being affected by delusions.
• delving12n. The act of one who delves.
• demerit10n. A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
• demesne10n. A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging...
• demigod12n. A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
• demodex18n. Any of the genus Demodex of mites.
• demonic12adj. Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
• demonym15n. A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place, usually derived...
• demotic12adj. Of or for the common people.
• dendron9n. A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from...
• denizen17n. An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
• densely11adv. In a dense manner.
• densify14v. To make (more) dense.
• density11n. A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
• dentary11adj. Relating to, or bearing, teeth.
• dentate8adj. Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
• dentist8n. A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
• denture8n. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.
• denuded10adj. Exposed by erosion.
• denying12n. The act of one who denies something; a denial.
• deontic10adj. Pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying...
• deorbit10v. To cause to leave orbit.
• depends11interj. Apheretic form of it depends; used to indicate more information is...
• deplane10v. To disembark from an airplane.
• deplete10v. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something).
• deplore10v. To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
• deposit10n. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is...
• depower13v. To reduce the power of; to strip power from.
• deprave13v. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
• depress10v. To press down.
• deprive13v. Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away...
• dequeen17v. To remove the queen from (a beehive).
• derange9v. To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
• derecho13n. A windstorm characterized by strong, straight-line winds.
• derided10adj. Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.
• derived12adj. Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a...
• dermoid11adj. Resembling skin.
• dernier8adj. Final, last.
• derrick14n. A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
• derring9adj. Daring.
• dervish14n. A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an...
• descant10n. A lengthy discourse on a subject.
• descend11v. To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight...
• descent10n. An instance of descending; act of coming down.
• deserve11v. To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
• desired9adj. Wished-for, longed-for.
• desktop14n. The top surface of a desk.
• desmond11n. A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
• desnuda9n. A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for...
• despair10v. To cause to despair.
• despawn13v. To be instantaneously destroyed or removed.
• despise10v. To regard with contempt or scorn.
• despite10prep. In spite of, notwithstanding.
• despoil10v. To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
• despond11v. To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
• dessert8n. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
• destash11v. To remove (a yarn, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one's collection.
• destine8v. To preordain.
• destiny11n. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or...
• destroy11v. To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that...
• detinue8n. A person or thing detained; a detainee.
• detract10v. To take away; to withdraw or remove.
• detrain8v. To exit from a train; to disembark.
• detuned9adj. Having undergone detuning.
• deutzia17n. Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white...
• devalue11v. To lower or remove the value of something.
• develin11n. The common swift.
• develop13v. To change with a specific direction, progress.
• deviant11adj. Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
• deviate11v. To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
• devilry14n. Mischief.
• devious11adj. Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
• deviser11n. A person who devises something; a planner or inventor.
• devolve14v. To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a...
• devoted12adj. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
• devotee11n. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
• dewater11v. To remove water from.
• dewdrop14n. A droplet of water formed as dew.
• dextral15adj. Of or pertaining to the right side.
• dextran15n. A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used...
• dextrin15n. Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity...

DH

• dhampir15n. A half-human, half-vampire hybrid.
• dharana11n. Single-minded focus or concentration as part of practising yoga.
• dharani11n. A Buddhist chant or incantation.
• dhrupad14n. A vocal genre in Hindustani classical music.

DI

• diabase10n. A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar.
• diabolo10n. A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed...
• diagram11n. A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of...
• dialect10n. A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or...
• dialing9n. The act by which a number is dialed.
• dialkyl15n. Two alkyl groups in a compound.
• dialled9v. (Canada), simple past and past participle of dial.
• diamine10n. Any compound containing two amino functional groups.
• diamino10n. Two amino groups in a molecule.
• diamond11n. A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which...
• dianion8n. Any anion carrying two negative charges.
• diarchy16n. Rule by two people.
• diarist8n. Someone who keeps a diary.
• diaster8n. A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell...
• dibasic12adj. (of an acid) containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms.
• dibenzo19n. Two benzo groups in a single molecule.
• diblock16adj. Of or pertaining to two blocks together.
• dibutyl13n. Two butyl groups in a molecule.
• dicamba14n. The herbicide 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid used to control weeds...
• dictate10n. An order or command.
• diction10n. Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective...
• diddler10n. A person who diddles; a cheat or swindler.
• diddums12interj. A term of commiseration to a child who has suffered a mildly painful...
• dideoxy19adj. Lacking two hydroxyl groups.
• didymus14n. A testis.
• dieback16n. The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to...
• diehard12adj. Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
• diester8n. Any organic compound containing two ester functional groups.
• dietary11n. A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food...
• diether11n. Any organic compound having two ether functional groups.
• diethyl14n. Two ethyl groups attached to the same molecule.
• dieting9n. The practice of following a diet.
• diffuse14v. To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other...
• digamma13n. An Ancient Greek letter representing /w/: Ϝ, ϝ.
• digging11n. The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
• diggity13n. An expletive or partially reduplicative form used in word games or...
• digicam13n. A digital camera.
• digipak15n. A form of jewel case for holding one or more CDs or DVDs, having an...
• digital9adj. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with...
• digitus9n. An Ancient Roman unit of length, approximately 0.73 inches.
• dignify15v. To invest with dignity or honour.
• dignity12n. The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or...
• digoxin16n. A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and...
• digraph14n. A directed graph.
• digress9v. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside...
• dihydro15n. Two hydrogen atoms in a molecule.
• diimide11n. The compound HN=NH.
• dilated9adj. Having undergone dilation; enlarged.
• dilaton8n. A hypothetical scalar field, analogous to the photon.
• dilator8n. Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
• dilemma12n. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more...
• dilling9n. A darling or favourite.
• dillion8n. An unspecified large number (of).
• diluent8n. That which dilutes.
• diluted9adj. That has had something added in order to dilute it.
• dimeric12adj. Of, relating to, or being a dimer.
• dimming13n. The process of becoming dim.
• dimmock18n. A foolish person; a dimwit.
• dimness10n. The state of being poorly illuminated, almost dark.
• dimpled13adj. Having dimples.
• dinette8n. A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for...
• dingbat11n. A silly, crazy or stupid person.
• dinmont10n. A castrated sheep between one and two years old.
• dinning9n. The sound or action of making a loud noise or commotion.
• diocese10n. An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by...
• dioctyl13n. Two octyl groups in a molecule.
• diopter10n. A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the...
• diorama10n. A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted...
• diorite8n. A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar...
• dioxane15n. Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four...
• dioxide16n. Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
• dipinto10n. A sketched or painted (as opposed to engraved) inscription.
• diploid11adj. Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair...
• diploma12n. A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the...
• dipolar10adj. Having north and south magnetic poles.
• dipping13n. An act or process of immersing.
• diptych18n. A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected...
• direful11adj. Fearful, terrible.
• dirtbag11n. A poor climber, alpinist, skier or other outdoorsman who lives cheaply...
• disable10v. To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
• disavow14v. To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny...
• disband11v. To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
• discard11v. To throw away, to reject.
• discern10v. To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
• discman12n. A portable personal compact disc player with headphones.
• discoid11adj. Shaped like a disc/disk.
• discord11n. Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
• discuss10v. To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
• disdain9n. A feeling of contempt or scorn.
• disease8n. An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes...
• disgust9v. To cause an intense dislike for something.
• dishing12adj. Shaped like a dish; concave.
• dishoom13n. Onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.
• dishpan13n. A large basin or pan with a flat bottom in which dishes are washed.
• dishrag12n. Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and...
• disinfo11n. Disinformation.
• dislike12n. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
• dismiss10v. To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
• disobey13v. To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an...
• dispair10v. To separate (a pair).
• display13n. A show or spectacle.
• disport10v. To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or...
• dispose10v. To eliminate or to get rid of something.
• dispute10n. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
• disrobe10v. To undress someone or something.
• disrupt10v. To throw into confusion or disorder.
• dissect10v. To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy...
• dissent8v. To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
• dissing9n. Synonym of diss (“an insult or put-down”).
• distaff14n. A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or...
• distain8v. To stain, discolour or tarnish.
• distant8adj. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
• distend9v. To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell.
• distich13n. A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
• distort8v. To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
• disturb10v. To confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in...
• disused9adj. No longer in use.
• ditched14adj. Having a ditch.
• ditcher13n. One who digs ditches.
• dithers11n. The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.
• dittany11n. A labiate plant of species Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for...
• diurnal8adj. Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that...
• diverge12v. To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
• diverse11adj. Consisting of different elements; various.
• divided13adj. Separated or split into pieces.
• divider12n. One who or that which divides or separates.
• divined12adj. Made divine, made holy.
• diviner11n. One who foretells the future.
• divisio11n. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below regnum and...
• divisor11n. In an expression involving division, the number by which another number...
• divorce13n. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
• divulge12v. To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell...
• divyang15n. A disabled person.
• dizzied27adj. Dizzy; light-headed.
• dizzily29adv. In a dizzy manner.

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• docetic12adj. Of or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully...
• dockage15n. Docks collectively; dock space.
• docking15n. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
• doctype15n. A directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage)...
• doddery13adj. Doddering, trembly, shaky.
• dodecyl14n. The aliphatic univalent radical C₁₂H₂₅-; lauryl.
• dodging11n. The act of dodging; a dodge.
• doeskin12n. Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
• doffing15n. The act by which an item of clothing is doffed.
• dogbane11n. Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family...
• dogbone11n. A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.
• dogface14n. A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
• dogfish15n. Any of various small sharks.
• dogfood13v. To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by...
• dogging11n. The act of one who dogs or harasses.
• doggish13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a dog.
• doggone10v. To damn; to curse.
• doglike13adj. Similar to that of a dog; canine.
• dogpile11n. A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
• dogsled10n. A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.
• dogwood13n. Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild...
• doleful11adj. Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
• dolphin13n. A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for...
• doltish11adj. Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
• domaine10n. A vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.
• domical12adj. Of, pertaining to, resembling or having a dome.
• dominie10n. A schoolmaster, teacher.
• dominus10n. Master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or...
• donated9adj. Having been given freely rather than purchased.
• donator8n. Donor, one who donates.
• donburi10n. A Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other...

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 536 seven-letter words that start with D, plus 1,215 rare ones.

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

decided, despite, defense, disease, driving, digital, develop and dropped.

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

drizzly scores 29 points with the standard letter tile values.

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