8-letter words starting with def
- defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defamers — Plural form of defamer.
- defaming — to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
- defanged — to remove the fangs of: to defang a snake.
- defatted — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- defeated — having suffered defeat; beaten
- defeater — to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
- defecate — When people and animals defecate, they get rid of waste matter from their body through their anus.
- defected — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- defector — A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group.
- defenced — defense.
- defences — any means of defence
- defended — Simple past tense and past participle of defend.
- defender — If someone is a defender of a particular thing or person that has been criticized, they argue or act in support of that thing or person.
- defensed — resistance against attack; protection: Two more regiments are needed for the defense of the city.
- defenses — Plural form of defense.
- defensin — (protein) Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses.
- defensor — One who defends; a defender.
- deferent — (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent
- deferral — Deferral means the same as deferment.
- deferred — withheld over a certain period; postponed
- deferrer — to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
- deffered — Misspelling of deferred.
- defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- deficits — the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- defilade — protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
- defiling — Present participle of defile.
- definate — Misspelling of definite.
- definers — Plural form of definer.
- defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- definite — If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.
- deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- deflects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflect.
- deflexed — (of leaves, petals, etc) bent sharply outwards and downwards
- deflower — to despoil of beauty, innocence, etc; mar; violate
- defluent — running downwards
- defoamer — anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
- defogged — Simple past tense and past participle of defog.
- defogger — A defogger is a device that removes condensation from the window of a vehicle by blowing warm air onto it.
- deforced — Simple past tense and past participle of deforce.
- deforcer — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- deforest — If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
- deformed — disfigured or misshapen
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
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