dehydrated
ADJECTIVE If someone is dehydrated, they are weak or ill because they have lost too much water from their body.
deity deities
NOUN a god or goddess
dejected
ADJECTIVE If you are dejected, you are sad and gloomy.
dejection NOUN
delay delays, delaying, delayed
VERB 1 If you delay doing something, you put it off until later.
SYNONYM: postpone
2 If something delays you, it makes you late or slows you down.
NOUN 3 If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
delete deletes, deleting, deleted
VERB If you delete something written, you cross it out or remove it.
deliberate
ADJECTIVE 1 done on purpose or planned in advance
2 slow and careful in speech and action • deliberate movements
deliberately ADVERB
delicate
ADJECTIVE 1 light and attractive • a delicate perfume
2 fragile and needing to be handled carefully • a delicate china cup
3 precise or sensitive • delicate instruments
delicately ADVERB
delicatessen delicatessens
NOUN a shop selling unusual or imported foods
delicious
ADJECTIVE Delicious food or drink has an extremely pleasant taste.
SYNONYMS: delectable, scrumptious
delight delights, delighting, delighted
NOUN 1 great pleasure or joy
VERB 2 If something delights you, or if you are delighted by it, it gives you a lot of pleasure.
delighted ADJECTIVE
delinquent delinquents
NOUN a young person who commits minor crimes
delinquency NOUN
delirious
ADJECTIVE 1 unable to speak or act in a rational way because of illness or fever
2 wildly excited and happy
deliriously ADVERB
deliver delivers, delivering, delivered
VERB 1 If you deliver something to someone, you take it and give it to them.
2 If someone delivers a baby, they help the woman who is giving birth.
delta deltas
NOUN a triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river where it divides into separate streams
deluge deluges
NOUN a sudden, heavy downpour of rain
demand demands, demanding, demanded
VERB 1 If you demand something, you ask for it forcefully.
NOUN 2 If there is demand for something, a lot of people want to buy it or have it.
democracy democracies