Words Starting With DEF
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DEF. This section showcases how DEF at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DEF, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| def | 7 | - | - |
4 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| defy | 11 | resist or confront with resistance | - |
| deft | 8 | skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | a deft waiter |
| defi | 8 | - | - |
| defo | 8 | - | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| defer | 9 | yield to another's wish or opinion | - |
| defat | 9 | remove the fat from | - |
| deffo | 12 | - | - |
| defis | 9 | - | - |
| defog | 10 | free from mist | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| defend | 11 | argue or speak in defense of | - |
| defeat | 10 | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | it was a narrow defeat |
| define | 10 | show the form or outline of | The tree was clearly defined by the light |
| defect | 12 | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | - |
| defuse | 10 | remove the triggering device from | - |
| defile | 10 | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | - |
| defame | 12 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | The journalists have defamed me! |
| deform | 12 | twist and press out of shape | - |
| deface | 12 | mar or spoil the appearance of | scars defaced her cheeks |
| deftly | 13 | with dexterity; in a dexterous manner | - |
| defray | 13 | bear the expenses of | - |
| defang | 11 | remove the fangs from | defang the poisonous snake |
| defast | 10 | - | - |
| defats | 10 | - | - |
| defers | 10 | - | - |
| deffer | 13 | - | - |
| deffly | 16 | - | - |
| defied | 11 | - | - |
| defier | 10 | - | - |
| defies | 10 | - | - |
| deflea | 10 | - | - |
| deflex | 17 | - | - |
| defoam | 12 | - | - |
| defogs | 11 | - | - |
| defoul | 10 | - | - |
| defrag | 11 | - | - |
| defter | 10 | - | - |
| defuel | 10 | - | - |
| defund | 11 | - | - |
| defuze | 19 | - | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| defense | 11 | the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | in defense he said the other man started it |
| defence | 13 | the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | - |
| defined | 12 | showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary | hills defined against the evening sky |
| deficit | 13 | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit |
| default | 11 | an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified | - |
| defiled | 12 | morally blemished; stained or impure | - |
| defiant | 11 | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | brought up to be aggressive and defiant |
| deflect | 13 | turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest | - |
| defamed | 14 | - | - |
| defrost | 11 | make or become free of frost or ice | - |
| defunct | 13 | having ceased to exist or live | the will of a defunct aunt |
| deflate | 11 | reduce or lessen the size or importance of | The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence |
| defused | 12 | - | - |
| defraud | 12 | deprive of by deceit | She defrauded the customers who trusted her |
| defaced | 14 | - | - |
| defiler | 11 | a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | - |
| defacer | 13 | - | - |
| defaces | 13 | - | - |
| defamer | 13 | one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | - |
| defames | 13 | - | - |
| defangs | 12 | - | - |
| defaste | 11 | - | - |
| defeats | 11 | - | - |
| defects | 13 | - | - |
| defends | 12 | - | - |
| deffest | 14 | - | - |
| defiers | 11 | - | - |
| defiles | 11 | - | - |
| definer | 11 | - | - |
| defines | 11 | - | - |
| defleas | 11 | - | - |
| defoams | 13 | - | - |
| defocus | 13 | - | - |
| deforce | 13 | - | - |
| deforms | 13 | - | - |
| defouls | 11 | - | - |
| defrags | 12 | - | - |
| defrays | 14 | - | - |
| defrock | 17 | divest of the frock; of church officials | - |
| defroze | 20 | - | - |
| deftest | 11 | - | - |
| defuels | 11 | - | - |
| defunds | 12 | - | - |
| defuser | 11 | - | - |
| defuses | 11 | - | - |
| defuzed | 21 | - | - |
| defuzes | 20 | - | - |
| defying | 15 | - | - |
8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| defeated | 13 | people who are defeated | the Romans had no pity for the defeated |
| definite | 12 | known for certain | it is definite that they have won |
| defender | 13 | a fighter who holds out against attack | - |
| deformed | 15 | so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | deformed thalidomide babies |
| defining | 13 | any process serving to define the shape of something | - |
| defiance | 14 | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude | - |
| deferred | 13 | - | - |
| defecate | 14 | have a bowel movement | - |
| deflower | 15 | deprive of virginity | This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village |
| deflated | 13 | brought low in spirit | left us fatigued and deflated spiritually |
| defector | 14 | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | - |
| defiling | 13 | - | - |
| defacing | 15 | - | - |
| defaming | 15 | - | - |
| defusing | 13 | the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | - |
| defacers | 14 | - | - |
| defamers | 14 | - | - |
| defanged | 14 | - | - |
| defatted | 13 | - | - |
| defaults | 12 | - | - |
| defeater | 12 | - | - |
| defected | 15 | - | - |
| defenced | 15 | - | - |
| defences | 14 | - | - |
| defended | 14 | - | - |
| defensed | 13 | - | - |
| defenses | 12 | - | - |
| deferent | 12 | showing deference | - |
| deferral | 12 | act of putting off to a future time | - |
| deferrer | 12 | - | - |
| deficits | 14 | - | - |
| defilade | 13 | the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire | - |
| defilers | 12 | - | - |
| definers | 12 | - | - |
| deflater | 12 | - | - |
| deflates | 12 | - | - |
| deflator | 12 | a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars | - |
| defleaed | 13 | - | - |
| deflects | 14 | - | - |
| deflexed | 20 | - | - |
| deflexes | 19 | - | - |
| defluent | 12 | - | - |
| defoamed | 15 | - | - |
| defoamer | 14 | - | - |
| defogged | 15 | - | - |
| defogger | 14 | - | - |
| deforced | 15 | - | - |
| deforcer | 14 | - | - |
| deforces | 14 | - | - |
| deforest | 12 | remove the trees from | The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| defendant | 14 | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | - |
| defending | 15 | attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | - |
| defensive | 16 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') | - |
| defective | 18 | having a defect | I returned the appliance because it was defective |
| deficient | 15 | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | - |
| deformity | 18 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | - |
| defeatist | 13 | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | - |
| deflected | 16 | - | - |
| deference | 15 | courteous regard for people's feelings | in deference to your wishes |
| defecated | 16 | - | - |
| deferment | 15 | act of putting off to a future time | - |
| defection | 15 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | - |
| deflector | 15 | a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) | - |
| defiantly | 16 | in a rebellious manner | - |
| defeatism | 15 | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat | - |
| deflating | 14 | - | - |
| deflation | 13 | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices | - |
| deferring | 14 | - | - |
| definable | 15 | capable of being defined, limited, or explained | definable terms |
| defaulter | 13 | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | - |
| defaecate | 15 | - | - |
| defalcate | 15 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | - |
| defamings | 16 | - | - |
| defanging | 15 | - | - |
| defatting | 14 | - | - |
| defaulted | 14 | - | - |
| defeaters | 13 | - | - |
| defeating | 14 | - | - |
| defeature | 13 | - | - |
| defecates | 15 | - | - |
| defecator | 15 | a person who defecates | - |
| defecting | 16 | - | - |
| defectors | 15 | - | - |
| defencing | 16 | - | - |
| defenders | 14 | - | - |
| defensing | 14 | - | - |
| deferable | 15 | - | - |
| deferents | 13 | - | - |
| deferrals | 13 | - | - |
| deferrers | 13 | - | - |
| defiances | 15 | - | - |
| defiladed | 15 | - | - |
| defilades | 14 | - | - |
| definably | 18 | - | - |
| definiens | 13 | - | - |
| definites | 13 | - | - |
| deflaters | 13 | - | - |
| deflators | 13 | - | - |
| defleaing | 14 | - | - |
| deflexing | 21 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| definitely | 17 | without question and beyond doubt | - |
| definition | 14 | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol | - |
| definitive | 17 | of recognized authority or excellence | the definitive work on Greece |
| deficiency | 21 | lack of an adequate quantity or number | - |
| defamation | 16 | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | - |
| deflection | 16 | the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | - |
| defecation | 16 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | - |
| defecating | 17 | - | - |
| defensible | 16 | capable of being defended | - |
| defamatory | 19 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| defenseman | 16 | - | - |
| defilement | 16 | the state of being polluted | - |
| defaceable | 18 | - | - |
| defacement | 18 | the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion |
| defacingly | 20 | - | - |
| defaecated | 17 | - | - |
| defaecates | 16 | - | - |
| defaecator | 16 | - | - |
| defalcated | 17 | - | - |
| defalcates | 16 | - | - |
| defalcator | 16 | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | - |
| defaulters | 14 | - | - |
| defaulting | 15 | - | - |
| defeasance | 16 | - | - |
| defeasible | 16 | capable of being annulled or voided or terminated | a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried |
| defeasibly | 19 | - | - |
| defeatable | 16 | - | - |
| defeatisms | 16 | - | - |
| defeatists | 14 | - | - |
| defeatured | 15 | - | - |
| defeatures | 14 | - | - |
| defecators | 16 | - | - |
| defectible | 18 | - | - |
| defections | 16 | - | - |
| defectives | 19 | - | - |
| defeminise | 16 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | - |
| defeminize | 25 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | - |
| defenceman | 18 | - | - |
| defencemen | 18 | - | - |
| defendable | 17 | capable of being defended | - |
| defendants | 15 | - | - |
| defensemen | 16 | - | - |
| defensibly | 19 | - | - |
| defensives | 17 | - | - |
| deferences | 16 | - | - |
| deferments | 16 | - | - |
| deferrable | 16 | - | - |
| deficience | 18 | - | - |
| deficients | 16 | - | - |
| defilading | 16 | - | - |
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