Words Starting With DET

Here's the list of all the 311 Words Starting With DET in the English Language.

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details
1. true confidential information
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detailed
1. developed or executed with care and in minute detail
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detail
1. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
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determine
1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
2. shape or influence; give direction to
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determined
1. characterized by great determination
2. devoting full strength and concentrated attention to
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detection
1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
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determination
1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
2. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose
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determining
1. having the power or quality of deciding
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detected
1. perceived or discerned
2. perceived with the mind
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detect
1. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
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detector
1. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
2. rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
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detective
1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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detention
1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
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detached
1. showing lack of emotional involvement
2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others
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detailing
1. an individualized description of a particular instance
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detecting
1. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
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detox
1. treat for alcohol or drug dependence
2. the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
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deter
1. try to prevent; show opposition to
2. turn away from by persuasion
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deterioration
1. a symptom of reduced quality or strength
2. process of changing to an inferior state
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detrimental
1. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
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deterministic
1. an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
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detachable
1. designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage
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detachment
1. avoiding emotional involvement
2. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
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detergent
1. having cleansing power
2. a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering
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detectable
1. capable of being detected
2. easily seen or detected
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determinant
1. a determining or causal element or factor
2. the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
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detoxification
1. a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances
2. treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)
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deterrent
1. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
2. tending to deter
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detriment
1. a damage or loss
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detour
1. travel via a detour
2. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
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deterrence
1. a negative motivational influence
2. a communication that makes you afraid to try something
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detach
1. cause to become detached or separated; take off
2. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
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detainee
1. some held in custody
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deteriorate
1. become worse or disintegrate
2. grow progressively worse
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detract
1. take away a part from; diminish
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detain
1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
2. stop or halt
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determinism
1. (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
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detonation
1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
2. the act of detonating an explosive
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deterred
1. try to prevent; show opposition to
2. turn away from by persuasion
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detritus
1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
2. loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
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detonator
1. a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
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determinate
1. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
2. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
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deterring
1. try to prevent; show opposition to
2. turn away from by persuasion
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detest
1. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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detonate
1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy
2. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
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detoxify
1. remove poison from
2. treat for alcohol or drug dependence
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determinative
1. one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
2. a determining or causal element or factor
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determinable
1. capable of being determined or limited or fixed
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detested
1. treated with dislike or contempt
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detestable
1. offensive to the mind
2. unequivocally detestable
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