Words Starting With DES

Here's the list of all the 640 Words Starting With DES in the English Language.

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design
1. the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
2. an arrangement scheme
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description
1. a statement that represents something in words
2. the act of describing something
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designed
1. done or made or performed with purpose and intent
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desktop
1. the top of a desk
2. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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described
1. represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
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desk
1. a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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destination
1. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
2. the ultimate goal for which something is done
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designer
1. a person who specializes in interior design
2. someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
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despite
1. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
2. contemptuous disregard
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describe
1. give a description of
2. to give an account or representation of in words
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desire
1. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
2. an inclination to want things
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desert
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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desired
1. wanted intensely
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destruction
1. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
2. an event that completely destroys something
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destroy
1. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
2. destroy completely; damage irreparably
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designing
1. the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
2. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
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desperate
1. a person who is frightened and in need of help
2. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
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destroyed
1. spoiled or ruined or demolished
2. destroyed physically or morally
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deserve
1. be worthy or deserving
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designation
1. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
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desirable
1. worth having or seeking or achieving
2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
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destiny
1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
2. the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
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descending
1. coming down or downward
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dessert
1. a dish served as the last course of a meal
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descriptive
1. serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
2. of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
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descent
1. a movement downward
2. properties attributable to your ancestry
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designate
1. assign a name or title to
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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destructive
1. causing destruction or much damage
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descendants
1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor
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desperately
1. with great urgency
2. in intense despair
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despair
1. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
2. the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
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descriptor
1. the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
2. a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
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deserved
1. properly deserved
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destined
1. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
2. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
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deserted
1. forsaken by owner or inhabitants
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destroyer
1. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
2. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
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despatch
1. send away towards a designated goal
2. an official report (usually sent in haste)
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deserving
1. (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
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desperation
1. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
2. desperate recklessness
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descend
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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descendant
1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor
2. going or coming down
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despise
1. look down on with disdain
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desist
1. choose not to consume
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desolate
1. providing no shelter or sustenance
2. crushed by grief
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despised
1. treated with dislike or contempt
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desirability
1. the quality of being worthy of desiring
2. attractiveness to the opposite sex
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desolation
1. the state of being decayed or destroyed
2. a bleak and desolate atmosphere
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desertification
1. the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
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destitute
1. poor enough to need help from others
2. completely wanting or lacking
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desalination
1. the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
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desirous
1. having or expressing desire for something
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despicable
1. morally reprehensible
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desorption
1. changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
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desperado
1. a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
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desecration
1. blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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destruct
1. destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
2. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
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desegregation
1. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
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despotism
1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence
2. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
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desertion
1. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
2. the act of giving something up
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desiccant
1. a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
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desensitization
1. the process of reducing sensitivity
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destabilize
1. become unstable
2. make unstable
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descendent
1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor
2. going or coming down
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despotic
1. belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
2. ruled by or characteristic of a despot
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despairing
1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
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deservedly
1. as deserved
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despot
1. a cruel and oppressive dictator
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deserter
1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
2. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
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destabilization
1. an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
2. the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
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despondent
1. without or almost without hope
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destitution
1. a state without friends or money or prospects
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desiccation
1. dryness resulting from the removal of water
2. the process of extracting moisture
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desipramine
1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system
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