Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Descry (n.) Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.
(2) - Descry (v. t.) To discover; to disclose; to reveal.
(3) - Descry (v. t.) To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.

(1) - Desecrate (v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

(1) - Desecration (n.) The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.

(1) - Desecrator (n.) One who desecrates.