9-letter words starting with def
- deflexure — the act or condition of deflection or deviation
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defluxion — anything that flows downwards
- defocused — Simple past tense and past participle of defocus.
- defoggers — Plural form of defogger.
- defogging — to remove the fog or moisture from (a car window, mirror, etc.).
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deforest.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defragged — Simple past tense and past participle of defrag.
- defragger — a device which defragments computer files
- defrauded — to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.
- defrauder — One who defrauds.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- defrizzed — Simple past tense and past participle of defrizz.
- defrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
- defrosted — Simple past tense and past participle of defrost.
- defroster — a device by which the de-icing process of a refrigerator is accelerated, usually by circulating the refrigerant without the expansion process
- defueling — combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- defunding — Present participle of defund.