Words Starting D & Ending CT

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

• draw someone's attention away from something

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• no longer in force or use; inactive

• having ceased to exist or live

• an imperfection in a bodily system

• a failing or deficiency

• an imperfection in an object or machine

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

• show in, or as in, a picture

• give a description of

• make a portrait of

• extract the essence of something by boiling it

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• steep in hot water

• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

• make a subtraction

• retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction

• cut open or cut apart

• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features