English words starting with desi

Meanings of Desi:

adjective

Local; indigenous.

Usage examples:

Desi liquor

noun

A person of indian, pakistani, or bangladeshi birth or descent who lives abroad.

Usage examples:

In this era of desis (indian expatriates living overseas) and globalized outsourcing, the subcontin…

Meanings of Desiccant:

noun

A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent.

Usage examples:

Natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die

Meanings of Desiccants:

noun

A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent.

Usage examples:

Natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die

Meanings of Desiccate:

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

Meanings of Desiccated:

adjective

Having had all moisture removed; dried out.

Usage examples:

The withered, desiccated landscape

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

Meanings of Desiccates:

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

Meanings of Desiccating:

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

Meanings of Desiccation:

noun

The removal of moisture from something.

Usage examples:

Long periods of drought have led to the desiccation of farming land

Meanings of Desiccations:

noun

The removal of moisture from something.

Usage examples:

Long periods of drought have led to the desiccation of farming land

Meanings of Desiccator:

noun

A glass container or other apparatus holding a drying agent for removing moisture from specimens and protecting them from water vapour in the air.

Usage examples:

The supernatant was discarded and the pellets were dried in a desiccator over silica gel for 24 h a…

Meanings of Desiccators:

noun

A glass container or other apparatus holding a drying agent for removing moisture from specimens and protecting them from water vapour in the air.

Usage examples:

The supernatant was discarded and the pellets were dried in a desiccator over silica gel for 24 h a…

Meanings of Desiderata:

noun

Something that is needed or wanted.

Usage examples:

Integrity was a desideratum

Meanings of Desiderate:

verb

Feel a keen desire for (something lacking or absent).

Usage examples:

I desiderate the resources of a family

Meanings of Desiderated:

verb

Feel a keen desire for (something lacking or absent).

Usage examples:

I desiderate the resources of a family

Meanings of Desiderating:

verb

Feel a keen desire for (something lacking or absent).

Usage examples:

I desiderate the resources of a family

Meanings of Desiderative:

adjective

(in latin and other inflected languages) denoting a verb formed from another and expressing a desire to do the act denoted by the root verb (such as latin esurire ‘want to eat’, from edere ‘eat’).

Usage examples:

An interrogative use of shall with the first person subject forms what we might call desiderative.

noun

A desiderative verb.

Usage examples:

And the data also shows that the learner misunderstands how to make the japanese desideratives poli…

Meanings of Desideratum:

noun

Something that is needed or wanted.

Usage examples:

Integrity was a desideratum

Meanings of Design:

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

Meanings of Designable:

adjective

That can be distinctly marked out or identified; distinguishable, discernible.

Meanings of Designate:

verb

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Usage examples:

He was designated as prime minister

adjective

Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.

Usage examples:

The director designate

Meanings of Designated:

verb

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Usage examples:

He was designated as prime minister

adjective

Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.

Usage examples:

The director designate

Meanings of Designates:

verb

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Usage examples:

He was designated as prime minister

adjective

Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.

Usage examples:

The director designate

Meanings of Designating:

verb

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Usage examples:

He was designated as prime minister

adjective

Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.

Usage examples:

The director designate

Meanings of Designation:

noun

The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.

Usage examples:

A leader's designation of his own successor

Meanings of Designations:

noun

The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.

Usage examples:

A leader's designation of his own successor