English words starting with der

Meanings of Der:

exclamation

Variant spelling of dur.

Meanings of Deracinate:

verb

Uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment.

Usage examples:

A predatory mining company that threatens to devour the land and deracinate the locals

Meanings of Deracinating:

verb

Uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment.

Usage examples:

A predatory mining company that threatens to devour the land and deracinate the locals

Meanings of Deracine:

adjective

(of a person) uprooted from their natural environment; deracinated.

Usage examples:

The self-consciousness of déraciné americans

noun

A person who has been or feels deracinated.

Usage examples:

He became a déraciné, a nomad

Meanings of Derail:

verb

Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

A train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle

Meanings of Derailed:

verb

Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

A train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle

Meanings of Derailing:

verb

Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

A train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle

Meanings of Derailleur:

noun

A bicycle gear which works by lifting the chain from one sprocket wheel to another of a different size.

Usage examples:

The other side of the rollers will now contact the gears, and the derailleurs will now be laterally…

Meanings of Derailleurs:

noun

A bicycle gear which works by lifting the chain from one sprocket wheel to another of a different size.

Usage examples:

The other side of the rollers will now contact the gears, and the derailleurs will now be laterally…

Meanings of Derailment:

noun

The action of a train or tram leaving its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

An investigation into the derailment of a freight train

Meanings of Derailments:

noun

The action of a train or tram leaving its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

An investigation into the derailment of a freight train

Meanings of Derails:

verb

Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.

Usage examples:

A train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle

Meanings of Deranged:

adjective

Mad; insane.

Usage examples:

A deranged gunman

verb

Make (someone) insane.

Usage examples:

That business last month must have deranged him a bit

Meanings of Derangement:

noun

The state of being completely unable to think clearly or behave in a controlled way, especially because of mental illness

Usage examples:

She had a history of mental derangement, he returned from the war in a state of furious derangement.

Meanings of Deranges:

verb

Make (someone) insane.

Usage examples:

That business last month must have deranged him a bit

Meanings of Derate:

verb

(under the former rates system) remove part or all of the burden of rates from (a property or business).

Usage examples:

I shall shortly announce the level of industrial derating for next year

Meanings of Derated:

verb

(under the former rates system) remove part or all of the burden of rates from (a property or business).

Usage examples:

I shall shortly announce the level of industrial derating for next year

Meanings of Derating:

verb

(under the former rates system) remove part or all of the burden of rates from (a property or business).

Usage examples:

I shall shortly announce the level of industrial derating for next year

Meanings of Deration:

verb

Free (a commodity) of rationing restrictions.

Usage examples:

Coal was derationed

Meanings of Derbies:

noun

An annual flat race for three-year-old horses, founded in 1780 by the 12th earl of derby and run on epsom downs in england in late may or early june.

Usage examples:

The irish derby

proper noun

A city in the midlands of england, on the river derwent; population 244,700 (est. 2009).

Meanings of Derby:

noun

An annual flat race for three-year-old horses, founded in 1780 by the 12th earl of derby and run on epsom downs in england in late may or early june.

Usage examples:

The irish derby

proper noun

A city in the midlands of england, on the river derwent; population 244,700 (est. 2009).

Meanings of Derbyshire:

proper noun

A county of north central england; county town, matlock.

noun

A county (= an area with its own local government) in the central part of england

Usage examples:

He comes from matlock, in derbyshire.

Meanings of Dere:

adjective

Relating to the properties of things mentioned in an assertion or expression, rather than to the assertion or expression itself.

Meanings of Derealization:

noun

A feeling that one's surroundings are not real, especially as a symptom of mental disturbance.

Usage examples:

Part of it measures five symptom areas: amnesia, depersonalization, derealization, identity confusi…

Meanings of Derecho:

noun

A storm system that moves a long distance rapidly and brings winds which can devastate an area several miles wide.

Usage examples:

I would like to know what scientific writings about bow echoes and derechos have been published.