Word origins

• deshabilleThe state of being partially clothed.
• desinenceA suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.
• désintéressementNeutrality; renunciation of involvement or (especially territorial) ambitions.
• DésiréA female given name from French.
• DésiréeA kind of red-skinned, yellow-fleshed potato originally bred in the Netherlands.
• de son tortWithout authority or right (to do something).
• DespatieA surname from French
• DesperA surname from French.
• despotatThe government or domain of a despot.
• DespretA surname from French.
• DespretsA surname from French.
• dessin d'enfantA type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.
• DesvarieuxA surname from French.
• détenteRelaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this.
• detonableAble or liable to detonate.
• detournementThe reuse of elements of mainstream media to produce a subversive message.
• détraquéSomeone who is dangerously deranged; a madman, a psychopath.
• detrempeA batter similar to that used in tempura or in puff pastry
• de tropexcessive or superfluous
• développéA movement in which the leg is lifted to cou-de-pied or retiré and then fully extended outward, passing through attitude.
• de VilliersA surname from French
• devoréA fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric.
• dextrochereA right arm, typically holding a sword.
• DezalyA surname from French.
• diableriewitchcraft, sorcery
• DiakiteA surname from Fula.
• diamantaireAn expert in the cutting of diamonds into gems.
• DiamniadioA town in Rufisque department, Dakar, Senegal.
• diaphanieThe art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper.
• Dien BienA province of Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.
• Dien Bien PhuA city in Dien Bien Phu prefecture, Dien Bien, Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.
• DieujusteA surname from French.
• différanceThe endless deferral of any ultimate meaning in a word or sentence, owing to the necessity of recourse to a potentially infinite series of other, equally uncertain words or signs.
• diffixA discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word.
• digestifAn alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
• dinanderiebrassware
• directeur sportifThe manager of a cycle racing team.
• dirigismeA policy of strong state control over the economy and related social matters.
• dirigisteControlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.
• disculpTo disculpate.
• diseurA male storyteller or reciter of monologues.
• diseuseA female artiste who is a skilled and professional reciter of monologues.
• disquaireA disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country.
• distraitabsent-minded, troubled, distracted
• disyllabicComprising two syllables.
• divorcéA divorced man.
• divorcéeA divorced woman.
• dizaindecastich
• DizangueA village in Sanaga-Maritime department, Cameroon.
• djellabaA loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.
• doloireA medieval war and utility axe with a long wooden haft of 1.5 metres in length set with a blade shaped as a tear drop.
• domanialOf or pertaining to a domain.
• DominguoisSynonym of Dominguan.
• dominotierwallpaper maker
• domptTo bring (something) under control; to overcome, to subdue.
• DoncheryA commune of Ardenne Métropole, Sedan-1 canton, Sedan, Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
• donnéeA given; in a literary work, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story.
• DonzeA surname from French.
• DorceA surname from French.
• DorcelyA surname from French.
• dossardA bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number.
• dosseretA cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church.
• dossièreThe backplate of a cuirass; an item of plate armor covering the back.
• douaneA custom house.
• douanierA French customs officer.
• doubléA compound attack that deceives the opponent's attempted circular parry.
• doubletteA kind of organ stop.
• doublureAn elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.
• DoumbouyaA surname.
• douzaineA parish council, consisting of a dean and twelve douzeniers.
• dragéeA sweet or confection with a hard outer shell, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
• drageoirA box for sweets.
• dragonnadeA policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.
• dragonneA sword knot.
• dragonnéLike a dragon in the hinder part, and a lion or other creature in the fore part.
• draisiennedandy-horse, hobby horse
• dramaturgeSomeone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
• drap de BerryA kind of woollen cloth imported from Berry in France.
• DreyfusardA supporter of Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) in the Dreyfus affair (1894–1906).
• droguetA ribbed woollen dress fabric, a variety of rep.
• droit de seigneurThe supposed right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his subjects.
• DrômeA department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Valence (INSEE code 26).
• dronteThe dodo (†Raphus cucullatus).
• DuchesneauA surname from French.
• DucoinA surname from French.
• ducoingA surname from French.
• DucreA surname from French.
• DucuingA surname from French.
• DufaurA surname from French.
• DufortA surname from French.
• DugueA surname from French.
• du jourOf the day; prepared for the day in question
• DujourA surname from French.
• DuludeA surname from French.
• du PlessisA surname from French
• DupuitA surname from French.
• duramenisationTransformation into duramen (heartwood).
• DuteilA surname from French.
• DutilA surname from French.
• DutriezA surname from French.